Scott, Think sunsets from the sat. The sunset view from the sat during a near Eastward ground track against clear sky behind a distant high mountain horizon might appear as a rapid unremarkable sunset. From the ground this might appear as a fast fadeout. The sunset view from the sat during a near meridian ground track with a suitable cloud horizon might appear much slower with the usual various patterns of sunset colors. This might appear from the ground as a slowly darkening sat through a variety of colors. From Phoenix, Arizona, MIR put on some spectacularly colorful slow fadeouts. Robin ----- Original Message ----- From: <scottdalton4@aol.com> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 6:57 PM Subject: iss obs > I observed the iss pass this evening. It started out very bright, mag -1 or -2. As it passed toward the southeast it turned from a brilliant white light to a reddish orange. Was this caused by the ISS entering the earths shadow? > > Scott Dalton > 39.6877 -75.8143 > Newark, De. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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