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by ghellquist
Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:56 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota (2009 Feb 17)
Replies: 201
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Re: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota (2009 February 17)

Sorry, I got tired of doing logical reasonings based on personal experience piloting in similar wheather conditions. Withdraws from discussion.

// Gunnar
by ghellquist
Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:28 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota (2009 Feb 17)
Replies: 201
Views: 49690

Re: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota (2009 February 17)

Hi. New to this forum but an old reader of APOD. I have done quite a few hours of piloting in this kind of weather in small planes. This looks exactly like a wet day, low transparent sheets of clouds, lighted by a setting sun. The rays of the sun reach the clouds but not the ground. Nothing unusual ...