Eureka Reporter | 1905-08-11 | Page 3 | Lunar Rainbow in Georgia

LUNAR RAINBOW IN GEORGIA unusual phenomenon reported to the american A curious unusual phenomenon in the form of a rainbow tor which the moon instead of the sun furnished the light was observed here on the night of june 19 A heavy rainstorm accompanied by considerable thunder occurred just before moonrise As the clouds retired to the west the luminary rose and the bow was first observed only the extremities tor about 25 degrees being visible the moon at that time being concealed behind a small cloud for about twenty minutes the bow in creased in brightness and at the end of that time could be clearly traced throughout its entire length at each end the red and blue colors could be plainly distinguished but the remainder of the arc showed only as a light streak across the clouds the conditions tor the phenomenon were almost ideal the moon being but a few days past full the cloud screen occupying the proper position and as it occurred just at moonrise the bow was u well up in the heavens after the clouds had almost entirely melted away leaving only a slight haze through which the stars shone portions of the bow could still be clearly discerned poulan correspond corre spon scientific american