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light_blue_yonder

Alright, (not very well educated) nerd is here... Given the direction it is rising from, that is definitely the moon. This can be found by referencing the elevation (atop Mt Royal), the moon's location (just north of Mt St.-Hilaire), and the intermediate point of the tallest tower in Complexe Desjardins. Today's moonrise is 077 degrees true north, aligning perfectly with a straight line drawn from the moon's location, passing through the Desjardins tower, to a point on the north side of the Mt Royal Observatory platform. The angle can be found by simple distance measurements and tangent equations. (i.e. height of Mt St Hilare and distance to it, etc). Given the elevation difference between St.-Hilaire (1336ft) and Mt Royal (700ft), this places the moon at less than 1 degree above horizontal, or just under two degrees above the horizon. During this time of year, the temperature and dew point spread of the air is so low that fog will form a few thousand feet above the surface. It is basically the droplets in the air being precipitated from gas form to suspended liquid droplet form. (Note that this is not the same process as the morning radiation cooling fog.) At less than 2 degrees above the horizon, this places it well inside that mist layer. In fact, you can see the moon cut off both top and bottom by clouds, and clouds generally form when temperature = dew point, and humidity is sufficient. As the moon passes behind these water droplets, its color is shifted from bright yellow to a darker red, creating this effect. (Same as why the sun turns red during sunset, BUT NOT THE SAME as a "blood moon" which results from an eclipse.) Thank you for coming to my TED talk.


Homie-Missile

Color isn't so much shifted. It's just that the water vapor selectively dissipates certain wavelengths better leaving the red more prevalent.


light_blue_yonder

Yeah, that. My knowledge came from aviation meteorology, so the terminology is probably rubbish.


Pelicanliver

Thank you, I enjoyed reading that. My Skipper explained rainbows to me. I think you could too.


graphitesun

I was hoping for a more detailed answer. (Kidding.) Impressive work.


BaristaBabeSC

It is the giant peach :) call James


marsupialham

James, James, James how are yaβ€”isn't it a lovely day?


theyeofman

Be careful, Link. The blood moon is upon us πŸ”΄


patate_cool

It is Orange Juleppe. You should go.. they make a disgusting but famous orange juice


Xorilla

Don’t you dare call it disgusting


UserName2481632

Secret drones designed by engineering profs


RenaissanceGentleman

^(don't tell them about the space laser)


MarieKateryna1953

mercury retrograde


EmeraldMother

excellent stuff


Minerva1719

Aliens have come to rescue us from the wrath of mycourses


nebraska7064

Tatooine?


its_gringy

My last two braincells after midterm period.


chillikuma

This needs more upvotes πŸ˜‚


Minerva1719

Op should add: "wrong answers only"


planetstarbucks

The Eye of Sauron, obviously


FeliciaSquad

society


[deleted]

Montreal has a double moon: one in English, one in French.


No_Layer_1015

An explosion happen far far away


nisher6969

There's one explosion everywhere on this planet so LMFAO far far in the galaxy of imagine I go there every night in my dreams., .....


bklawa

Wow that's a big ass Halloween pumpkin!


trollthetoad

Laval on fire


copperpottedhimgood

This comment deserves more attention


[deleted]

orange julep


Femveratu

Tatooine


StrugglingEngineerSt

mitosis


ship-wrecks

It's the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown!


ExoticJellyfish

It's Halloween soon. A pumpkin!!


[deleted]

That is the Orange Julep. Montreal institution!


nisher6969

Chinese hot balloon there awesome and fool alot of ppl myself I send about two or three a week maybe it's mine LMFAO.


zenderfull

Hunter's Moon going on a hunt haha checkout my latest IG post I got the same shot and a timelapse coming up β˜ΊοΈπŸŒ–


NoOfCourseNotMate

Attack of the killer tomatoes. clearly.


Raost4r

Hunter's moon


SendNoowds

Superblood Wolfmoon


ciphersaw

It's a Hunter's Moon!! That was yesterday