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- Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:36 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Discussion of APOD 15 August 2007: Mysterious Streaks
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Alternative Explanation
The first thing that I thought of when I saw the picture was that it might possibly an atmspheric effect, similar to green flares, striped suns, etc... at sun/moon set or rise. Under certain atmospheric conditions (strange temperature gradients) a sunset can like like a stacked set of lines parallel...