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by socaldad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:29 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Triple Sunrise Over Gdansk Bay (2009 Aug 04)
Replies: 338
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Re: Cause of Triple Sunrise (APOD 2009 August 4)

drollere thanks for the clarification of the book cite .
by socaldad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:10 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Triple Sunrise Over Gdansk Bay (2009 Aug 04)
Replies: 338
Views: 55395

Re: Cause of Triple Sunrise (APOD 2009 August 4)

[quote="luchio"] balkon.jpg In this picture one can see the reflection of the balcony railing in the 'window" good catch luchio. This does indicate that there is a window between the camera and the sun. as for the direction and angle problem being discussed, depending on the paralleli...
by socaldad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:59 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Triple Sunrise Over Gdansk Bay (2009 Aug 04)
Replies: 338
Views: 55395

Re: Cause of Triple Sunrise (APOD 2009 August 4)

From the glossary of the book "Color and light in nature" by D. Lynch and W. Livingston (Cambridge University Press, second edition, 2001), p.266: " multiple suns (moons) unexplained occurrences of multiple images of the sun". I would like to know what was in this book. Are they...
by socaldad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:18 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Triple Sunrise Over Gdansk Bay (2009 Aug 04)
Replies: 338
Views: 55395

Re: Cause of Triple Sunrise (APOD 2009 August 4)

The idea that the cloud patterns are different in front of each of the suns is very hard to prove since you are seeing both the reflection (from where ever) and the primary image superimposed. No real way to separate them. The only problem that I have with the window theory is the difference between...