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Re: (meteorobs) Not a fireball (?) but a moon(?)
In a message dated 97-04-22 03:32:58 EDT, you write:
<< Does anybody know why the moon has an orangeish color in the early
evening hours such as 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. CDT? But then goes back to its
white reflection from the sun color later I've only reconized this
tonight mon. 4-21. >>
That happens because the moon is shining thru more of our atmosphere (all the
pollution helps too). Its the same reason why our yellow-white sun turns an
orange -red at sunrise/sunset. I have a diagram scanned to illustrate this.
LMK if you want it as I don't want to burden everyones system sending it to
the list.
Kevin
kevtk@aol.com