Re: Fwd: Aurora, the beginning of the arrival of Dawn

2015-06-11 Thread Michael Ossipoff
Richard-- Thanks; that's in agreement with how we all perceive summer and winter. I'd say that the astronomers and the newscasters and radio-personalities should listen to the meteorologists. Thanks again Michael Ossipoff 26N, 80W On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Richard Mallett

Re: Fwd: Aurora, the beginning of the arrival of Dawn

2015-06-11 Thread Karl Billeter
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:21:19AM -0400, Michael Ossipoff wrote: ... Yes, by the way, I agree with the Australian designation for when summer and winter begin: Although see Sprinter and Sprummer / Australia's Changing Seasons - Timothy Entwisle http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/7221.htm :)

Re: Aurora, the beginning of the arrival of Dawn

2015-06-11 Thread Bruvold Anne
Just a comment from the far north on Dawn and Aurora: Aurora is the name of the light at dawn. The full name of green flaming bands visible at night in the far north and south is Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis. The name Aurora Borealis was given because the light as sees from middle

Fwd: Aurora, the beginning of the arrival of Dawn

2015-06-11 Thread Michael Ossipoff
Anne-- Thanks for your reply. On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 4:26 AM, Bruvold Anne anne.bruv...@nordnorsk.vitensenter.no wrote: Just a comment from the far north on Dawn and Aurora: Aurora is the name of the light at dawn. Yes, an edition of the Houghton Mifflin Dictionary gives these

Fwd: Aurora, the beginning of the arrival of Dawn

2015-06-11 Thread Michael Ossipoff
Hi John-- As I was saying in my reply to Anne, I'd trade places with residents of Australia or Europe, in a New York minute. Yes, by the way, I agree with the Australian designation for when summer and winter begin: Here, it's obvious that summer arrives with June, especially in the parts of

Re: Fwd: Aurora, the beginning of the arrival of Dawn

2015-06-11 Thread Richard Mallett
On 11/06/2015 16:21, Michael Ossipoff wrote: Hi John-- As I was saying in my reply to Anne, I'd trade places with residents of Australia or Europe, in a New York minute. Yes, by the way, I agree with the Australian designation for when summer and winter begin: Here, it's obvious that

Aurora, the beginning of the arrival of Dawn

2015-06-10 Thread Michael Ossipoff
Some years ago, I was invited to go to the beach the following morning, to observe the sunrise. . I preferred getting there well before sunrise, but I didn’t know how early she was willing to start, and so I suggested that we meet at a time that would get us there a little before Civil Twilight.

Re: Aurora, the beginning of the arrival of Dawn

2015-06-10 Thread John Pickard
Hi Michael, You are making life far too complicated by worrying about which definition of sunrise to use for your assignation. Here in Australia, if you are invited by a young (or older) woman to view a sunrise from a beach, the only questions to be asked are “how much food and beer / wine