RE: [APML] Earthshine

["Stan Richard" <stanrichard@hotmail.com>]

Matt, I think Glenn is right about it being a crepuscular ray.  If you 
adjust your monitor right you can see the parallel boundaries of the rays on 
either side of the moon, they seem to me to go all the way to the horizon, 
they are at about an 80 degree angle.

Stan Richard
Events in the Night Sky
www.nightskyevents.com



>From: Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>
>Reply-To: astro-photo@seds.org
>To: astro-photo@seds.org
>Subject: RE: [APML] Earthshine
>Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 11:40:37 -0500
>
>At 09:27 AM 11/2/2001 -0600, Glenn Ray wrote:
> >Maybe it's a crepuscular ray.
>
>Glenn,
>
>I guess you're any expert on "Rays"<g>
>
>I've read about crepuscular rays in "Color and Light in Nature".
>They are the shadows of clouds on the air.
>Wouldn't the shadow be visible all the way down to the horizon?
>
> >At that focal length, you might not be able
> >to detect any convergence that one might normally see in a wide-angle 
>view.
> >
> >Good catch, Stan.  I didn't even notice it until I shut off the lights to 
>my
> >room and viewed the monitor in the dark.
> >
> >Glenn Ray
> >Cypress, TX
> >
> ><g> Oh, and by the way, I think it's a fantastic shot Matt.  A higher 
>focal
> >length wouldn't have the composition this one does.
>
>Actually what's on my web site is a small crop of the medium format slide.
>
>http://people.ne.mediaone.net/mbendaniel/gallery/astro/earthshine.html
>--
>Matt BenDaniel
>http://starmatt.com
>
>
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