For instance : http://www.astrosurf.com/poisaya/astro/planetaire/08triomphesoleil.htm
http://www.troude.com/PhotosParis/CoucherSoleil.jpg http://acdsweb.free.fr/evenements/rayon_vert/diapo/vue16.html Jean-Paul Cornec ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anselmo Pérez Serrada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:44 PM Subject: Stonhenge and the Arc de Triomphe > Hi, dialists! > > All of us have read those sunday-newspaper articles about Stonhenge, the > Pyramids and the sun aligning with certain stones on certain dates... > Most of us know that many of them are true but trivial (one does *not* > need to know much about astronomy to calculate that: just sleeping in > the open air!) and some others are just coincidences... Well, one of > these coincidences can be seen (according to M Lombardero and N. Marquet) > in the Arc de Triomphe in Paris (France). If you stand looking at it > from the Rond Point de la Avenue des Champs Elysees in May 11th at 21:00 > or in July 31st at 21:10 you'll be able to see the Sun setting just in > the gap of the Arc. Apparently the sight is wonderful but, does anybody have > a picture of this phenomenon? Does anybody know about similar phenomenae > in natural or urban landscapes? I suppose there must be many > of them in our sky-scrapered cities... > > Best regards, > > Anselmo Perez Serrada > > - -
