OT:Re: [APML] July Blues in the July Sky

[George Anderson <georgea@cam.org>]

It may very well be of Scots origin. It has been RAF lingo since at
least the 50's and became part of my vocabulary doing flight trials on
Nimrods based in Inverness out over the North Sea. The aircraft
commander would announce that we "Are going into the clag" and we would
drop from our transit altitude of 10,000 feet down to 500-700 feet
depending on the cloud ceiling and play around down there for five or
six hours.
Possibly one of our UK members can tell us which half of the kingdom it
came from (I know it isn't Welsh, it has a vowel).

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health

Stuart Heggie wrote:
> 
> Och! 'Tis a Scots expression I warrant! Ya gotta have a word for skies like that when you live in
> Scotland!
> 
> Beauty in things exists in the mind that contemplates them.
> 
> Stuart
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/
> Flesherton, Ontario, Canada
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <georgea@cam.org>
> To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [APML] July Blues in the July Sky
> 
> > Clag is a slang term for low cloud cover. The type associated with those grey
> > dismal drizzle days where you can see the cloud features because they are so
> > low.
> >
> > George
> >
> > Clear skies and good health
> >
> > Quoting Chris Cook <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>:
> >
> > > Thanks George!
> > > Please forgive the ignorant question but what do you mean by "clag"?
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > -----------------------------
> > > Chris Cook Photography
> > > www.cookphoto.com
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "George Anderson" <georgea@cam.org>
> > > To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:41 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [APML] July Blues in the July Sky
> > >
> > >
> > > > Great shots Chris, even more so since the framing was "blind".
> > > > I get ticked off up here mainly because they usually happen when we
> > > > buried under the clag. And then I see Jerry capture it from his front
> > > > yard in Philly... That one really steamed me becuase I watched the K
> > > > index rise in proportion to the red density on the weather radar images
> > > > I was seeing.
> > > >
> > > > George Anderson
> > > > Montreal Canada
> > > >
> > > > Clear skies and good health
> > > >
> > > > Chris Cook wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi all -
> > > > >
> > > > > Here are my images from the auroral display back on July 26th/27th.
> > > > >
> > > > > I could detect no color visually in the early display on the evening of
> > > the
> > > > > 26th or later that night (the27th) but was delighted to see the Provia
> > > 400F
> > > > > picked up an intense blue.  This is the first blue aurora I've captured.
> > > > > Quite exciting!  All taken with a 24mm Nikkor @ f/2.8
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/aurora-072604-1.html
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/aurora-072704-2.html
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/aurora-072704-3.html
> > > > >
> > > > > So far I've logged seven displays since moving back here to New England
> > > in
> > > > > summer 2002.  I have to say, trying to capture them is very
> > > addictive....
> > > > > but can see how you guys in Canada would get annoyed at 'em.... <g>
> > > > >
> > > > > Comments welcome!
> > > > >
> > > > > Take care,
> > > > >
> > > > > Chris
> > > > >
> > > > > -----------------------------
> > > > > Chris Cook Photography
> > > > > www.cookphoto.com
> > > > >
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