APOD on Nostr: **Astronomy Picture of the Day** 30 May 2024 **A Lunar Corona over Paris** ...
**Astronomy Picture of the Day**
30 May 2024
**A Lunar Corona over Paris**
Image Credit & Copyright:
Valter Binotto
Why does a cloudy moon sometimes appear colorful? The effect, called a lunar corona, is created by the quantum mechanical diffraction of light around individual, similarly-sized water droplets in an intervening but mostly-transparent cloud. Since light of different colors has different wavelengths, each color diffracts differently. Lunar coronae are one of the few quantum mechanical color effects that can be easily seen with the unaided eye. Solar coronae are also sometimes evident. The featured image was taken last month from Paris, France. The blue beacon emanating from the Eiffel Tower did not affect the colorful lunar corona. Portal Universe: Random APOD Generator
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