Once in a Rainbow Moon

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Can you make a blue moon? Luna is sceptical, but Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash decide to have a go.

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Georg

Georg #1 · Aug 3rd, 2018 · 7 · ·

Meanwhile, in an observatory somewhere in Equestria...

Five frustrated astronomers stood outside, glaring up at the sky and the misbehaving planets.

"Do you think she's done yet?" asked one right before the sun shifted positions and the moon began to glow several shades of colors, tapering from one edge to another.

"No," said the director of the observatory. "Come on back in and I'll break out that bottle of booze I've been keeping in the bottom drawer. Alicorns," she scoffed. "Treating the sky like it's their own personal playground."

TwistedSpring

TwistedSpring #2 · Aug 3rd, 2018 · 5 · ·

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Meanwhile meanwhile at the same said observatory...

While the others argued and grumbled about their rare veiw Of A26, a small rare elk meteorite, Gravitational pull smiled a little too widely for the grey stallions muzzle, watching the rainbow moon. And he would remain happy despite the loss of the night and the soon to come shouting.

For gravitational pull had already stolen the drinks.

Lurks-no-More

Lurks-no-More #3 · Aug 3rd, 2018 · 2 · ·

Another victory for ponies and science communications!

Also, I love how excited your Rainbow Dash is to join in Twilight's experiments.

Pineta

Pineta #4 · Aug 3rd, 2018 · 6 · ·

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"...just a minute... save me a beer, but I first need to take some notes. I can't miss this opportunity to collect some more data to advance my thesis: Development of social interaction and metacommunication in adult alicorns through the manipulation of planetary orbits."

Pineta

Pineta #5 · Aug 3rd, 2018 · 2 · ·

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Rainbow Dash understands awesome

FanOfMostEverything

FanOfMostEverything #6 · Aug 3rd, 2018 · 5 · ·

“You might not find this so easy,” said Luna. “There is a reason why the expression ‘once in a blue moon’ means something very rare.”

"Yes, because months with two full moons only—"
"Twilight Sparkle, as thy senior princess, We request and require that thou shutest thy noise hole."

In any case, lovely stuff. Definitely one of your better-integrated science stories. And poor Dash, having to race back and forth to adjust the experimental conditions in such cold air. I'm sure meteorology grad students across Equestria can empathize with her.

Walabio

Walabio #7 · Aug 3rd, 2018 · · ·

I wish that at least 1 of the Apollo-Landings would have happened just before a Lunar Eclipse. ¡Those astronauts would see a show no human has ever seen previously! Alas, no astronauts on the Moon ever saw a Lunar Eclipse.

djthomp