John Pickard wrote:
> I saw the green flash two or three times in 1980 when I wintered at
> Davis in Antarctica (68 degress 38 minutes S). I would ahve to look
> at my diaries to determine the date etc. But on one oocasion, we ran
> up the hill to get another look, and sure enough, there it was a
Art,
I also am one of those privileged to have seen the green flash, AND
more than once on the same sunset.
I saw the green flash two or three times in 1980 when I wintered at
Davis in Antarctica (68 degress 38 minutes S). I would ahve to look
at my diaries to determine the date etc. But on o
Hello Frank,
An interesting article, _Prolonging the Green Flash_ in the May,
'97 issue of Sky & Telescope, speaks to the issue of witnessed event
time and the elevation(s) of the observer(s).
Enjoy,
Luke Coletti
Frank Evans wrote:
>
> Regarding Fernando Cabral's multiple observation
John Carmichael wrote:
> Instead of seeing several sunsets in a row, wouldn't the pilot see just one
> long slow continuous sunset instead?
>
> John Carmichael
>
What my intuition tells me is that this depends on two factors:
a) how fast (and continuously) you move forward; how much
you move up
Instead of seeing several sunsets in a row, wouldn't the pilot see just one
long slow continuous sunset instead?
John Carmichael
>One can get a similar effect riding a large ferris wheel right at sunset.
>While not giving a full sunrise/sunset, it's still
>fun to watch the upper limb disappear
Frank Evans wrote:
> Regarding Fernando Cabral's multiple observation of sunsets at one
> setting I recently wrote to the "Marine Observer" (British Met. Office)
> concerning a meteorologist who claimed to have seen the sunset green
> flash three times at one setting by climbing to successive dec
One can get a similar effect riding a large ferris wheel right at sunset.
While not giving a full sunrise/sunset, it's still
fun to watch the upper limb disappear and reappear :-)
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From: William P Thayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I also thought something I would like t
Regarding Fernando Cabral's multiple observation of sunsets at one
setting I recently wrote to the "Marine Observer" (British Met. Office)
concerning a meteorologist who claimed to have seen the sunset green
flash three times at one setting by climbing to successive decks of an
ocean weather ship
