From billjac@earthlink.net Wed Aug 28 10:53:21 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzz@localhost.netnoteinc.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phobos.labs.netnoteinc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69CD643F9B for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 05:53:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phobos [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for zzzz@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:53:17 +0100 (IST) Received: from n21.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n21.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.77]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g7S0P7Z03502 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:25:07 +0100 X-Egroups-Return: sentto-2242572-53121-1030494312-zzzz=spamassassin.taint.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.199] by n21.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Aug 2002 00:25:12 -0000 X-Sender: billjac@earthlink.net X-Apparently-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 28 Aug 2002 00:25:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 93628 invoked from network); 28 Aug 2002 00:25:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Aug 2002 00:25:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net) (207.217.120.49) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Aug 2002 00:25:12 -0000 Received: from dialup-64.152.170.33.dial1.newyork1.level3.net ([64.152.170.33] helo=oemcomputer) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17jqdx-0001BR-00 for forteana@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:25:10 -0700 Message-Id: <001501c24e28$d2c3c960$21aa9840@oemcomputer> To: References: <19-3D6AD80C-3146@storefull-2336.public.lawson.webtv.net> X-Priority: 3 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 From: "Bill Jacobs" X-Yahoo-Profile: billjac2000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com; contact forteana-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:42:46 -0400 Subject: Re: [zzzzteana] Moon over ocean Reply-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit David asked: > My wife noticed something odd. The nearly-full moon was about 30 > degrees above the horizon. There was a notable glow on the horizon, > except under the moon. The moon seemed to be in a column of darkness > that was about three times the apparent width of the moon. We could see > the column over its entire length as a strip of sky darker than the sky > around it. > > Any of you ever see this? Do you have any idea what could have caused > it? I suspect it's due to some pecularity of the visual system, but > have no clear idea. I'm surprised to not find this phenomenon in Corlis. I could have sworn I saw it there. He does have the somewhat similar dark sky between a rainbow and a secondary bow. I personally have seen a rainbow enclosing a semi-circle of darker sky. I know I've read about pillars under the Sun and Moon elsewhere, but I can't recall if they were reportedly dark or bright. I do know these sorts of things are supposed to be quirks of optics not of the visual system. I'm sorry I haven't got any answers, but a search through some books on atmospheric optics ought to turn a few hints up. Bill William Jacobs Freelance Unemployed Person ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/7gSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: forteana-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/