Re: Optical illusion concerning more than one moon




<kbrianto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is there a way that you can see more than one moon in the night sky.
When I was young, we had an outside toilet and I went out and it was
very bright. You usually had to feel your way along. I looked up in
the sky and there were three moons in different parts of the sky.

I have never had anyone explain it or been able to explain it, but
other people must have seen it, or the same thing may have happened in
other parts of the world.

If anyone has an explanation, I would be very grateful.

Kevin

It's possible that you saw the lunar equivalent of Sun Dogs, atmospheric
effects caused by ice crystals
explanation of cause here
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/parhelia.htm

images of Moon dogs here
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/parmoon.htm





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