Like many of us, Gwynne was out last weekend to capture the moon in all its glory when he happened upon this amazing visual.
It`s called a moonbow.
As the name suggests, a moonbow is the same thing as a rainbow. Like a rainbow, it`s formed when light is refracted from water droplets suspended in the atmosphere.
The difference, of course, is that the moon doesn`t produce its own light. So it`s light from the sun reflecting off the moon`s surface, and refracting off water droplets in the air.
Sunday night, it was foggy in North Yorkshire, England, where Gwynne captured this photo. Fog = more moisture = greater chance of a moonbow.
Moonbows are much fainter than rainbows, since moonlight much weaker than sunlight. The colors can be tough to see with the naked eye, but they come alive in long-exposure photos.
Want to take a crack at capturing your own moonbow? You can, when the next supermoon rises.
That`s just a few weeks from now -- November 14. It`s projected to be the biggest we`ve seen in the 21st century.
Share your moon pictures on social media by tagging them with #CNNSpace for your chance to be featured.
What heavenly wonder is that? It`s a moonbow!
19 October 2016
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Patting yourself on the back for getting a killer photo of the supermoon? Well, Ben Gwynne can top that, AzVision.az reports citing CNN.
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