Dear Rudolph,
You are quite right to doubt my
explanation:
> If rays from the sun are deflected
> downward by the mountain's knife edge,
> wouldn't their light appear to come
> from higher up in the sky, rather than
> from lower down?
I was unconvinced myself!
I have now consulted various
...@cl.cam.ac.uk]
Verzonden: donderdag 7 januari 2016 16:44
Onderwerp: Re: Diamond Fuji
[...] This is a big challenge for a camera and what we are seeing is local
over-exposure.
On the image sensor at the back of the camera, there is spill-over of light
onto neighbouring pixels
Dear Roger,
Your Mount Baker pictures are indeed a
feast for the eye.
Did Barry Barry Duell explain the physics
in his talk on the Fuji Diamond?
The sun appears "to take a bite out of"
Mount Baker and my inference is that this
is an example of Knife-Edge Diffraction
as explained by Huygens and
These are gorgeous pictures.
If rays from the sun are deflected downward by the mountain's knife edge, wouldn't their light appear to come from higher up in the sky, rather than from lower down?
All a fine 2016,
Rudolf52.5N 4.7E
Op 6 januari 2016 om 13:21 schreef Frank King
From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Roger Bailey
Sent: Monday, January 4, 2016 8:19 PM
To: Dan-George Uza <cerculdest...@gmail.com>; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: Diamond Fuji
Hi Dan,
Our NASS member in Japan, Barry Duell, gave a presentation a few yea
Hello,
I saw a news report today about “Diamond Fuji”. When the sun appears to
rise or set on top of Mount Fuji in Japan it shines like a diamond.
http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/114827.php
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Dan
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directlink.
The moonrises here are equally spectacular.
Best Wishes for 2016,
Roger Bailey
From: Dan-George Uza
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 1:04 PM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Diamond Fuji
Hello,
I saw a news report today about “Diamond Fuji”. When the sun appears to rise or
set on to
