re: Astronomy Picture of the Day Challenge

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alcaray — 9/14/2004 2:58:15 PM (archived)

Colors look like interference fringe to me. If the hole that lets light through is very far away, then it could be quite small. If small, then its image is magnified a great deal so you can see interference along the edges.

I don't have a handle on the dimensions of what is going on in the picture. Where is the camera, the ground, the light source? And I can't explain how the light source can be small and far, yet permit that much light to go through it.

PS: RL, don't start screaming at me.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day Challenge - SteveS - 9/14/2004 3:11:40 AM
- My guess - Fox - 9/14/2004 10:45:50 PM
- Famous "Specter of the Bracken" (spelling uncertain) - David F Mayer - 9/14/2004 7:28:35 PM
- re: Astronomy Picture of the Day Challenge - Jack Herer - 9/14/2004 6:47:46 PM
- My guess - REB - 9/14/2004 4:04:45 PM
- re: Astronomy Picture of the Day Challenge - Jack Herer - 9/14/2004 3:58:50 PM
- re: Astronomy Picture of the Day Challenge - alcaray - 9/14/2004 2:58:15 PM
  - Not screaming, but that is incorrect - R.L. - 9/14/2004 4:42:01 PM
    - Never had a class on optics, huh? (n/t) - et - 9/14/2004 4:43:57 PM
      - one class in optics zero in lasers and in astronomy and in engineering - R.L. - 9/14/2004 5:42:54 PM
      - ??? - R.L. - 9/14/2004 5:11:37 PM
- I will take a shot at it - R.L. - 9/14/2004 5:03:21 AM
  - re: I'm with R.L. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2004 3:28:14 PM
    - The Glory - SteveS - 9/14/2004 9:17:23 PM
    - on snow and fog too - jms - 9/14/2004 4:53:48 PM
    - Lewin took the above picture in a construction area in Massachusetts on June 20. - et - 9/14/2004 4:42:59 PM

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