Confusion of Nature Solves Mystery of Dark Nights

         It's not just one day observation. But, it's 7-8 weeks observation. Since the first day of my observation till now I have noticed a big change in nature. Since past few weeks, it started getting dark around 5:30ish. Days are not as long anymore. Nights are taking over the day.  For the past three days, clouds has been more pinkish and it is bright. I mean "red"; as I said on my second blog that clouds has no pink color-- even if it looks pink it is considered as red as far as my research.
        I still remember last year it was already snowing at this time. Few years ago it started snowing in October. But this year the snow is not here. Is it going to snow any sooner? I mean, I'm not a big fan of snow but I do miss it once in a while. You know what I mean?
        My parents and family members have always told me that-- when ever it starts getting cold; it gets darker fast. But, right now it's not even as cold as it suppose to be in November. And it still gets darker fast. Why? Why, is the dark taking over the light? I question this all day long. According to The Naked Scientist, when it sets it’s at the steepest part of the curve, so it gets below the horizon quickly.  The same thing happens at the equator when it gets to the horizon very, very quickly and so, it gets dark much quicker at the equinox than it does in the midsummer and midwinter (Dave). The weather doesn't decide the change of nature. It is Because the axis that the Earth revolves around isn't perpendicular to the sun. This means that during winter the northern hemisphere points away from the sun, and get less hours of sunshine. So that's why its a longer day in summer and shorter day in winter.


Around the solstice, the height of the sun changes little with respect to the horizon. This means that the time of sunrise and sunset is more influenced by the Earth’s elliptical orbit than at other times of year.
By: Winter solstice 22nd Sep 2012

           

Work Cited

Dave."Why does it get dark quickly in winter?" The Naked Scientist . 22 Sep. 2012.n.d. 16 Nov.2014.

Grieser, Justin. "Winter solstice" The Washington Post. 21 Dec, 2012.n.d. 16 Nov. 2014

Simply Beautiful

   November 6, 2014      

          I was sitting out in my front yard on my porch swing with a wrapped fluffy, warm, purple blanket around me. It was pretty chilly outside little windy but not as much.  I was just looking around here and there; singing while texting. I wasn't exactly observing yet. But as I was looking around, I look up and I see this mind blowing sky--
I have never seen this before in my whole life.
         On, Thursday November 6, 2014; I see this beautiful moon hidden behind the clouds; that looked like spider web. I mean, it, it was crazy. It was huge. There was no stars. It was only the moon and the spider web looking clouds. The sky was bright. The sky looked more grayish, instead of black. This was intense, and I luckily captured a picture of it.

Moon hidden around the Spider web clouds.
Taken by: Hetva Patel, on November 06, 2014

When ever I observe the sky, I never see clouds this close. I mean, the clouds are all sometimes together but never form such a shape. But this time all the clouds were around the moon forming a spider web.
          I wonder why? I mean why only around the moon? It's they are making a boundary for the moon to might escape. Or, maybe were they protecting the moon from something?
To find the solution to my question's I did some research. I was reading the EarthSky, it said that when clouds form a circle around the sun or moon is called Halo around. Halo rounds are a sign of thin cirrus clouds drifting high above our heads. They are a sign of nearby storms.

         In the article on EarthSky, Susan Jensen Said "There’s an old weather saying: ring around the moon means rain soon. There’s truth to this saying, because high cirrus clouds often come before a storm. Notice in these photos that the sky looks fairly clear."
         Rings around the Moon are caused when moonlight passes through thin clouds of ice crystals high in Earth's atmosphere. On the Cool Cosmas, it said that "As moonlight passes through the ice crystals, it is bent in a way similar to light passing through a lens. The shape of the ice crystals causes the moonlight to be focused into a ring. This is similar to the way water droplets in the lower atmosphere can bend sunlight to create a rainbow." So, this is how it causes for the halo circle to form.

Work Cited
Jensen, Susan."What makes a halo around a Sun or Moon?" EarthSky.org. 16 Mar. 2012. n.d. 09 Nov. 2014.

"What causes a ring around the moon?" CoolCosams. N.p.n.d. Web. 09 Nov. 2014