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Re: [OM] Name that phenomenon

Subject: Re: [OM] Name that phenomenon
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 06:32:08 -0700
At 10:55 PM 11/9/99 -0600, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>Oly Shooters,
>
>I wonder if there is a name for this phenomenon:
>
>       http://members.tripod.com/jdubikins/test/test.html
>
>It will look a little like the sun at about 10 degrees above the horizon,
>but it is actually a reflection off the clouds that was quite concentrated
>and lasted for nearly 10 minutes after sunset was complete.


Joel:

This is a variation on an optical meteorological phenomenon called "subsun."  
In this case, I'd be tempted to call it "supersun," since it's obviously 
happening above the sun, rather than below it.  Everything else is the same, 
however.

Garth

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