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Has anyone ever stared at the moon and noticed a strange rainbow colored light off the edge of it I know that the moons glow is its position from the sun but is this a different form of light
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I've seen that rainbow too.
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The rainbow is a reflextion of light from the sun. It is bigger with the clouds because of the vapor in them.
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That refraction of light happens whenever any ray of light hits a prism, not just the sun's light.

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nice info.
I've been wondering that since I was a kid too..
and why is it following me. XD
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The rainbow-effect around the moon is generally caused by refraction of moonlight by ice crystals in the upper atmosphere.
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