Moonbeam
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Moonbeam may refer to:
- MoonlightMoonlightMoonlight is the light that reaches Earth from the Moon. This light does not originate from the Moon, but from sunlight. The Moon does not, however, reflect sunlight like a mirror, but it reflects light from those portions of its surface which the Sun's light strikes. See diffuse reflection.In...
, the light that reaches Earth from the Moon - Moonbeam, series of five aeroplanes built by Powel Crosley, Jr.
- Moonbeam II, plane flown by aviation pioneer Edwin MoonEdwin MoonSquadron Leader Edwin Rowland Moon DSO* was an English aviation pioneer who served in the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force during the First World War. He was a prisoner of war and he was twice awarded a DSO.-Family:...
in 1910 - Moon BeamsMoon BeamsMoon Beams is a 1962 album by jazz musician Bill Evans, and the first trio album recorded by Evans after the death of Scott LaFaro. With Chuck Israels on bass taking the place of LaFaro, Evans recorded several songs during these May and June 1962 sessions. Moon Beams contains a collection of...
, jazz album by Bill Evans - "Moonbeam", a song from Men Without Hats's album Pop Goes the WorldPop Goes the WorldPop Goes the World is the third studio album by Canadian New Wave group Men Without Hats, released in 1987. It contained the single "Pop Goes the World", which reached the top twenty in Canada and the United States....
- Moonbeam, OntarioMoonbeam, OntarioMoonbeam is a township in Ontario, Canada, located in Cochrane District. It had a population of 1201 in the 2001 census, a decline of 9% from 1996. It was named after Moonbeam Creek....
- Jerry BrownJerry BrownEdmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor...
, governor of California, nicknamed 'Governor Moonbeam' by Mike Royko, a Chicago Sun-Times columnist - MoonbeamsMoonbeamsMoonbeams was a children's cancer charity based in Edinburgh, Scotland, which became the subject of a much-publicised local controversy in 2003. Following court action, it emerged that the charity had income of nearly £3 million over a period of four years, but had spent little over £70,000 on its...
, a children's cancer charity set up by William Powers in 1992