Talk:Moonbow

Standing moonbows
The main article states, "There are only two known standing moonbows in the world." What is a standing moonbow? Could someone please insert a brief definition in the main article?


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i have no clue what a standing bow is. but the moon doesn't neccesarily have to be on the horizon. in fact, i saw the full  moon tonight (from boise, idaho, USA) and it was a "noon" moon if you will, or 90 degrees from the ground, about. anyway, if you've ever made a rainbow with a misting hose on a sunny day, and noticed that if you followed the rainbow it makes a perfect circle, ok? well basically, what i saw wasn't a moon bow, but in fact a moon circle! hard to believe? it can happen. what was funny is it wasn't rainy today, but cold and snow that didn't stick. considering all the conditions, including snowy weather, a clear sky to see a moonbow must clearly be a one in a million.

RE: "There are only two known standing moonbows in the world" I have no idea what this means, and I think someone should correct this. It was added by an anonymous person at 71.28.197.101 so there is not an easy way to follow up on what they meant by standing. I took the photo of the moonbow over Vic Falls, but it is not unique, and, like a rainbow, you can create a moonbow where ever it is dark, have a bright moon behind you and a mist/rain in front of you. The trick seems to be to get the background behind the mist to be as dark as possible, so the moonbow stands out ... Calvin Bradshaw.
 * I bet the anon contributor had linked to here from Cumberland Falls as I had. The anon contributor did a poor job of wording it. I reworded it. Royalbroil 21:00, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps "standing" means "regular". The Cumberland Falls Moonbow tends to "always" be there every month if the conditions are right (full moon, night, not raining). The other "moonbows" are just rare occurances.

What's the statement "The only site of the moonbow that has not been destroyed by natural disaster is at the Cumberland Falls National Park in Corbin, Kentucky." mean - last time I looked Victoria falls, Niagara falls etc were still there ! and also "It is known now as one of the natural wonders of the world" who knows it as that ..... the Cumberland Falls tourist bureau maybe  [User:mdarling99]  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdarling99 (talk • contribs) 11:18, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Locations
Signs at Niagara Falls State Park claim that a moonbow can be seen at Luna Island. I haven't seen it myself; can anyone verify this? if so, please add it to the Famous natural moonbows section. Doubleplusjeff 23:40, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * IN July of 2005 me and my family saw a moonbow in the Outer banks of North Carolina. It was amazing, I took a couple of pics, but they did not come out. The locals say that they see them on a regular basis.
 * In the May 2007 edition of Sky & Telescope is an article "Moonbows over Yosemite" that gives a ideal viewing spot on a foot bridge at the base of a waterfall. Unfortunately, I don't have the magazine handy... if someone cares to look it up, please add the name of the waterfall to the section on locations, rather than the vague reference to Yosemite currently there. &mdash;  Eoghanacht  talk 20:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I have a picture of a near perfect moonbow. I happened to be in the right place at the right time with a decent camera. Anyone tell me how to post it on here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.52.216.193 (talk) 11:00, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Stupid question
Probably I'll receive a no as an answer, but is it worth adding an In popular culture section? Just in case moonbows have been famously shown in any TV series or movie. Please don't bash me =( --190.74.204.156 (talk) 04:33, 29 December 2008 (UTC)They will not video tape.

I just saw one in NW suburbs of Chicago. 12:50 AM 10/31/2012. Probably Hurrican Sandy caused it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nino Hero (talk • contribs) 06:16, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

RqImg
A shorter duration photo that is a better representation of what a moonbow looks like would be good. As the article describes a white bow, and not a multicolored one, a photo of that sort would be good to have. -- 65.94.78.9 (talk) 03:52, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

"True" vs. "false" moonbows
What is the motivation behind the distinction between "true" and "false" moonbows? The page explains that the former is caused by atmospheric circumstances (rain, water mist); the latter by geological ones (waterfalls and such). From a physical point of view, however, there is no difference between the two whatsoever. After all, a similar distinction is (to my knowledge) not made for solar rainbows either, so it strikes me as artificial to maintain it for the lunar variety. In any case, scientific sources should be provided, which are thus far lacking. A quick Google search for "false moonbow" resulted in this article from 2014 by Mark Grossmann, which may be the origin of the information in the present page. However, the article does not provide any sources either, and the author does not appear to be a specialist in the field. Drabkikker (talk) 10:11, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Fixing plethora of external links
Wikipedia is not a directory listing and the external links should be reviewed in line with External links. The links to commercial sites should be limited. — billinghurst  sDrewth  11:49, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

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"Moonbows are also mentioned in an 1847 publication."
The article states that

>Moonbows have been mentioned at least since Aristotle's Meteorology (circa 350 BC), and also in an 1847 publication.

Mentioning that Moonbows were brought up in Aristotle's Meteorology is interesting because it establishes the age of our knowledge about Moonbows, but what does a vague reference to an 1847 publication achieve? There's no statement given as to why this reference is notable. Since I assume this is a low traffic article I will go ahead and remove the reference, but please someone correct me if I am missing something, thank you in advance. Mehaveaccount (talk) 17:47, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Moon Lamp Link Removal
In the external links section there is a link to https://moon-lamp.co.uk/ which has nothing to do with the article and and I don't see how it's an appropriate use of Wikipedia for, what essentially is, an ad that's vaguely related to the subject matter and I think should be removed. If you think otherwise please provide context or explanations as to why it should stay, thank you. 2001:720:1014:F402:153D:8DE5:4FB3:4D9 (talk) 13:43, 14 May 2024 (UTC)