DaFABRICATA
Flashlight Enthusiast
What the heck is this moon ring.
My neighbor called me and told me to go outside and check this out.
My neighbor called me and told me to go outside and check this out.
Moon Rings
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addictedmatt
Enlightened
A Ring Around The Moon The ring around the Moon is caused by the refraction of Moonlight (which of course is reflected sunlight) from ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. The shape of the ice crystals results in a focusing of the light into a ring. Since the ice crystals typically have the same shape, namely a hexagonal shape, the Moon ring is almost always the same size.
The first time I saw it when I was younger it really freaked me out!
The first time I saw it when I was younger it really freaked me out!
vtunderground
Enlightened
My old Surefire KL1 does the same thing (haha!).
Morelite
Flashlight Enthusiast
Somebody needs to sand the Moon a little. 
Hmmm...I think the moon has been sanded for billions of years
I don't believe any of these answers. It's flashaholic aliens messing with us from the next galaxy. Their version of "hey look at my uber light."
B@rt
Flashaholic
It's also known as "Moon umbrella". When the moisture level in the air is high enough you can get the same effect with the sun:
Too funny Lux. I guess aliens haven't figured out how to get rid of the flawed beam. They need a "Milky" mod.
B@rt
Flashaholic
Lux, either that or birds... :shrug: I do know I slept well with my tin foil hat, just for security measures of course.:tinfoil: 
Sigman
* The Arctic Moderator *
Nice hotspot, bet that puppy throws well!! You can get rid of that ring with a little Scotch "Magic" Tape, but I'm not sure how big they make it!? Guess you could just tape a couple pieces over your eyes? :thinking:
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