Kayakers, I'm glad I wasn't crossing to Catalina Island on Monday evening. The navigation could've been a bit tricky. The island reflected upside down in the sky. There's an article and great photo of at: http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/weather-causes-catalina-to-look-upside-down/ The outline you see in the photo is like you are looking down at the island. Duane *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
That's a terrific photograph of the effect. An inversion layer often results in VHF radio "ducting" which lets boaters off Baja hear VHF conversations from S. California. When I was working on a drillship in the Davis Straits (between Greenland and Labrador) we often had inversion layers which let us see mountains on Greenland which were really over the horizon and invisible. As the sun set and the inversion broke up the mountains would fragment and disappear. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA On Dec 4, 2007 4:56 PM, Duane Strosaker <strosaker_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > Kayakers, > > I'm glad I wasn't crossing to Catalina Island on Monday evening. The > navigation could've been a bit tricky. The island reflected upside down in > the sky. There's an article and great photo of at: > > > http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/weather-causes-catalina-to-look-upside-down/ > > The outline you see in the photo is like you are looking down at the > island. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Now I know where 99.99999% of all UFO sightings come from. Cheers, Rob G In a message dated 12/4/2007 9:59:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, crjungers_at_gmail.com writes: That's a terrific photograph of the effect. An inversion layer often results in VHF radio "ducting" which lets boaters off Baja hear VHF conversations from S. California. When I was working on a drillship in the Davis Straits (between Greenland and Labrador) we often had inversion layers which let us see mountains on Greenland which were really over the horizon and invisible. As the sun set and the inversion broke up the mountains would fragment and disappear. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA On Dec 4, 2007 4:56 PM, Duane Strosaker <strosaker_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > Kayakers, > > I'm glad I wasn't crossing to Catalina Island on Monday evening. The > navigation could've been a bit tricky. The island reflected upside down in > the sky. There's an article and great photo of at: > > > http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/weather-causes-catalina-to-look-upside-down/ > > The outline you see in the photo is like you are looking down at the > island. **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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