Hi Anselmo: I was in San Diego California about a year ago walking on the beach at around sunset (I can't remember the date). I noticed a group of people standing under the Scripps Institute of Oceanography ocean pier that extends way out into the ocean on tall wooden poles. Standing under the pier it looks like a long tunnel with a clear view of the horizon on the ocean framed by the bottom of the pier and the support poles. I asked the people why they were standing there and they said they were waiting for the sun to set exactly in this opening. I waited, and sure enough, the sun did this.
ps. On a different topic, I had a gentleman's argument with somebody last week who said the famous Green Flash is only visible at sunset when the view conditions are right. I contend that the Green Flash should also be visible at sunrise under the proper conditions. But neither one of us has seen a morning green flash just as the sun rises. Have any of you? John John L. Carmichael Jr. Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona 85718 USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: <http://www.sundialsculptures.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anselmo Pérez Serrada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:44 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 > > - > -
