The Toboggan Sun
Applied Optics, Vol. 44, Issue 27, pp. 5644-5651 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.44.005644
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Abstract
Special variants of the Novaya Zemlya effect may arise from localized temperature inversions that follow the height profile of hills or mountains. Rather than following its natural path, the rising or setting Sun may, under such circumstances, appear to slide along a distant mountain slope. We found early observations of this effect in the literature by Willem Barents (1597) and by Captain Scott and H. G. Ponting (1911). We show recent photographic material of the effect and present ray-tracing calculations to explain its essentials.
© 2005 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(000.2850) General : History and philosophy
(010.4030) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Mirages and refraction
Citation
Wayne P. S. Davidson and Siebren Y. van der Werf, "The Toboggan Sun," Appl. Opt. 44, 5644-5651 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-44-27-5644
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