Novaya Zemlya effect and sunsets

Systematics of the Novaya Zemlya (NZ) effect are discussed in the context of sunsets. We distinguish full mirages, exhibiting oscillatory light paths and their onsets, the subcritical mirages. Ray-tracing examples and sequences of solar images are shown. We discuss two historical observations by Fri...

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Main Authors: van der Werf, SY, Konnen, GP, Lehn, WH
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2003
Subjects:
Fridtjof
Fuchs
Mirages
South Pole
Fridtjof Nansen
Novaya Zemlya
South pole
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11370/9bd08723-6e37-495a-b63d-d93f9990b32e
https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/novaya-zemlya-effect-and-sunsets(9bd08723-6e37-495a-b63d-d93f9990b32e).html
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Summary:Systematics of the Novaya Zemlya (NZ) effect are discussed in the context of sunsets. We distinguish full mirages, exhibiting oscillatory light paths and their onsets, the subcritical mirages. Ray-tracing examples and sequences of solar images are shown. We discuss two historical observations by Fridtjof Nansen and by Vivian Fuchs, and we report a recent South Pole observation of the NZ effect for the Moon. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.

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