What better way to recover from being sick than driving up to Kentucky at midnight to go see a Moonbow. A Moonbow you ask? Well, that's exactly what I was screaming when my friend called to say they wanted to drive up to Cumberland Falls State Park in Kentucky to go see it. Not to mention, it's a really annoying word to say.

I was skeptical at first... after all a "moonbow" doesn't exactly sound awe-inspiring. Especially when it's midnight and one is trying to catch some shut-eye all the while hopped up on Mucinex and Chloroseptic. Well, I succumed to the pressure (yes, sometimes I'm a pushover. I think I wrote something about this in a previous post...) and off we went. About an hour and a half later my slightly groggy eyes were met with a pretty amazing site.

I took several pictures, but my poor digi-cam couldn't capture the aqueous bravura (whoa, big word). As a matter of fact, there aren't that many pics of a moonbow since it's such a rarely occuring phenomenon. The geek in me will now share with you that this Moonbow is the only one in our hemisphere. The other moonbow occurs at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Additionally it only happens on nights with full moons and little moisture in the air (no humidity in the southeast? surely I jest).

FYI - this picture below was taken from a website I haven't credited - that site is this http://www.2geton.net/martin/moonbow/. Apologies to the photographer if there was any confusion. Though I'm not sure if the e-mail that was sent was called for.



p.s. this is one of those spontaneous - but needs to be planned in advance night time activities that will impress friends even though you act like you don't want them to be

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