moonbow

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moonbow

(ˈmuːnˌbəʊ)
n
a rainbow made by moonlight
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In "When The Stars Come Out", children ages 8-11 will delve into the magical realm that is our universe at night, discovering what makes it so extraordinary from moonbows to shooting stars and from the polar night to the northern lights.
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It is this time of year when rare moonbows or night-time rainbows could appear when the sky is dark, the moon is full and rain is prevalent.
Tonight's final episode looks at moonbows that appear in a waterfall, humpback whales, and the path of the Sun.
e shooting stars she described as "100 times bigger" than anything she'seen previously, with "moonbows" streaking the sky silver at night and " rainbows of squid lighting up the water.
He and his colleagues then re-create the exact conditions, whether it is drifting with the tides in the English Channel or photographing moonbows in Yosemite National Park.
He deals honestly with a myriad of subjects, including but not limited to grizzly bears, "Paint Pots," petrified forests, moonbows, and elks, in such a manner that you feel both his amazement and his rapier wit.
Today, we bring the sparkle and majesty of the moon into our hearts and feel moonbows and quiet and love expanding our heart with each breath.
The human eye loses most of its color sensitivity in dim light, and visual observers usually describe moonbows as gray, white, or silver.
We humans have poor color vision at night, so a moonbow often appears to us as a ghostly white, gray or silver arc--itself a beautiful sight.
I settled on moonbow, and composed a definition: moon'bow 1.