Stephen James O'Meara's Secret Sky: Moonbows: architecture of light
August 2009: If you have a dark sky and misty air, be on the hunt for a lunar rainbow.
Contributed by Stephen James O'Meara
Published:
June 22, 2009
 You do not need a hard rain to capture a moonbow. The author took this blue-sky moonbow as a fine mist, preceding a passing shower, overtook him. Note the faint luminous band inside the moonbow — a supernumerary bow.
Photo by Stephen James O'Meara
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