Crepuscular Rays in China

Details Crepuscular Rays in China Crepuscular Rays in China

Mar 1888

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1888natur..37..464d&link_type=abstract

Nature, Volume 37, Issue 959, pp. 464 (1888).

Physics

Scientific paper

IMMEDIATELY after sunset enormous rays of light are frequently seen spreading from the part of the horizon where the sun has disappeared, and also-though somewhat fainter-from the opposite part of the horizon. Sometimes the rays stret ch right across the sky, and when strongly developed they appear first in the east, and then in the west, and resemble auroral rays, glowing in a yellow or red colour, while the sky between the rays is deep blue or greenish. They appear to be caused by invisible cirro-stratus clouds high up in the air. This phenomenon is never seen in England, or at any rate it is by no means so conspicuous as here. Ancient Greek mariners may have had their imagination impressed by a similar phenomenon, being so frequently mentioned in Homer.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Crepuscular Rays in China does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Crepuscular Rays in China, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Crepuscular Rays in China will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1811542