RARE MOON HALOS

Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:51 pm » by **Electrobadgr**

Cool post rabbit, lots of great pics n info. Not so keen on your avatar though, watership down scarred me as a child :peep:

May i suggest this instead, think it is more fitting for your name than a rabbit with myxamatosis:

Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:57 pm » by **Timewarp**

A brilliant post.One of the best on here for a while :flop:

Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:33 pm » by **Dirttyrabbit**

Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:57 am » by **Dirttyrabbit**

http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/brows ... nail.shtml
DEC0309

Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:49 pm » by **Dirttyrabbit**

no idea but its cool..

uploaded November 05, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFhgI8TfYao

Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:23 pm » by **Dirttyrabbit**

GEMINID METEOR SHOWER: Mark your calendar. The Geminid meteor shower peaks on Dec. 13th and 14th when Earth passes through a stream of debris from extinct comet 3200 Phaethon. The Geminids have been intensifying in recent years, and 2009 could be the best year yet. Forecasters expect 140+ meteors per hour under the dark skies of a new Moon.
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?vie ... &year=2009

http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast04dec98_1.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSwM-BaPl-E

In 1983, a satellite named IRAS (Infrared Astronomical Satellite) discovered a strange, dark object orbiting the Sun. The object, which was given the name 3200 Phaethon, turned out to be an asteroid. 3200 Phaethon is a mysterious object, and astronomers are not quite sure whether it is an asteroid at all! Instead, it may be the burned out, skeletal remains of an extinct comet. 3200 Phaethon appears to be the source of the meteoroids that flash through Earth's sky each year in mid December as the Geminid meteor shower.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pha%C3%ABton
Phaëton

In Greek mythology, Phaëtōn or Phaethōn (pronounced /ˈfeɪətn/ or /ˈfeɪəθən/) (Greek: Φαέθων "shining") was the son of Helios (Phoebus). Perhaps the most famous version of the myth is given us through Ovid in his Metamorphoses (Book II). Phaeton seeks assurance that his mother, Clymene, is telling the truth that his father is the sun god Helios. When Phaeton obtains his father's promise to drive the sun chariot as proof, he fails to control it and the Earth is in danger of burning up when Phaeton is killed by a thunderbolt from Zeus to prevent further disaster.

The name "Phaëton" means the "shining", is also an epithet of Clymenus by Merope or Clymene and Lucifer the Morning Star Venus