[Chaos-l] Fwd: Beautiful

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Thu, 31 Jan 2013, Jayme Hanzak wrote:

> This is very nice. It also demonstrates that fact the the Moon is upside down from down under.

if you face south (as people in the Nth hemisphere do when 
looking at the planets) and lean backwards about 70 deg to 
get the same horizon as you have here, then the moon (and 
Orion) looks the same as here.

It is disorienting to face the north and have the sun and 
moon move through the sky anticlockwise (from right to 
left).

I've just read a book by someone who grew up in the jungle 
of New Guinea. The stars were so bright that she felt like 
she could touch them. The run rose at 6am every day and set 
at 6pm every day. The sun at noon was overhead (or near 
enough) every day. The only indication of any seasons or 
passage of time was whether it was wet or dry.

Only once have I seen the ecliptic vertical. I was in the 
keys at WSP (24degN) and shortly after sunset jupiter and 
saturn, about 30deg apart, formed a line normal to the 
horizon.

Joe

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