| Author | Message | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4434 Registered: 5-2003 |
Why did a Frenchman go to Morocco to see the recent solar eclipse even though he could just as well have stayed home and seen it there? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 308 Registered: 12-2010 |
Do you mean the solar eclipse on Jan 4? Did he travel to Morocco to see the solar eclipse with someone else? Friends? Family? Out of "astronomic" reasons? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 85 Registered: 1-2011 |
Relevant he is a Frenchman? Would it work same well if he was Englishman or Italian for example? Weather involved? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10820 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the eclipse more complete in Morocco than in France? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4435 Registered: 5-2003 |
Do you mean the solar eclipse on Jan 4? Did he travel to Morocco to see the solar eclipse with someone else? Irr. Friends? Family? Out of "astronomic" reasons? Yesish. Relevant he is a Frenchman? No. Would it work same well if he was Englishman or Italian for example? Yes. Weather involved? No. Was the eclipse more complete in Morocco than in France? Irr. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10839 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was he a scientist? An astronomer? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 90 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did seeing the eclipse in Morocco cause: a financial benefit to him? emotional benefit to him? fame or recognition of him? His profession relevant? Is the reason connected with: something of him? something of the eclipse? something of Morocco? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4440 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was he a scientist? An astronomer? Amateur - he has another, more relevant profession. Did seeing the eclipse in Morocco cause: a financial benefit to him? emotional benefit to him? fame or recognition of him? This. His profession relevant? Yes. Is the reason connected with: something of him? something of the eclipse? something of Morocco? All three. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 311 Registered: 12-2010 |
His profession: Artistic? Musical? Agriculture? Hunter? Fisherman? Banking? Financial? Real estate? Clerical? Administrative? Receptionist? Computer related? Hardware? Information technology? Construction? Craftsman? Criminal? Jailbird? Education? Academic Research? Entertainment? Media? Executive? Management? Hospitality? Travel? Food Service? Law enforcement? Police? Legal Services? Manufacturing? Distributions? Medical? Health Services? Politics? Government? Military? Sales? Marketing? Tradesman? Religion? Retired person? Occupational disease? Sports? Student? Trainee? Teaching? Child care? Technical? Science? Engineering? Transportation? Unemployed? Writer? Editor? Translator? Interpreter? Other? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 96 Registered: 1-2011 |
Was he by any chance a photographer? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4441 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was he by any chance a photographer? Yes. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10843 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were the skies clearer in Morocco? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 320 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did he want to publish photos of the solar eclipse? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4444 Registered: 5-2003 |
Oops - Actually he went to Oman. Maybe I should take Admin up on his offer of modship... Were the skies clearer in Morocco? No. Did he want to publish photos of the solar eclipse? Yes. | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 699 Registered: 9-2008 |
Mod or not - we still want more JenBurdoo puzzles! Is it relevant the specific publication in which he wanted to show the photos? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4447 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it relevant the specific publication in which he wanted to show the photos? No. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10895 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were there other astronomical photographers in Oman? Did he want a unique shot of the eclipse? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4448 Registered: 5-2003 |
Were there other astronomical photographers in Oman? I assume so. Did he want a unique shot of the eclipse? Yes. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 101 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did he want to shot the eclipse over specific, particular landscape in Oman? Was the eclipse somehow specific in Oman? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4450 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he want to shot the eclipse over specific, particular landscape in Oman? No. Was the eclipse somehow specific in Oman? Something about it was specific. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 103 Registered: 1-2011 |
Was there any unique weather/astronomic phenomenon in Oman, something more than solar eclipse? Did the man want to shot only the eclipse or both the eclipse and something else? The specific thing could happen exclusively in Oman or was also possible in other countries with similar location? or landscapes? or weather? Any other people involved? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4453 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was there any unique weather/astronomic phenomenon in Oman, something more than solar eclipse? Yes. Did the man want to shot only the eclipse or both the eclipse and something else? The latter. The specific thing could happen exclusively in Oman Yes. or was also possible in other countries with similar location? or landscapes? or weather? Any other people involved? Tangentially. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10931 Registered: 4-2010 |
The "something else" - another astronomical phenomenon? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4455 Registered: 5-2003 |
The "something else" - another astronomical phenomenon? For svv of astronomical phenomenon. | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 660 Registered: 6-2003 |
Relevant that it was noon in Oman but early morning in France during the eclipse? Did he want to take a picture of the sun and the surrounding clear sky, without buildings, trees, mountains, .. in the horizon? Relevant that the solar disc is larger at noon than it is in the morning? The Tyndall effect relevant? (or how it is called when light is scattered along microscopic particles in the air) Did he expect that dust from the desert will enhance this effect? Did he expect any spectaculous color of the sky in Oman? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 117 Registered: 1-2011 |
Special location in Oman relevant? If so: a city? a district? other geographical point? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4457 Registered: 5-2003 |
Relevant that it was noon in Oman but early morning in France during the eclipse? Did he want to take a picture of the sun and the surrounding clear sky, without buildings, trees, mountains, .. in the horizon? Relevant that the solar disc is larger at noon than it is in the morning? The Tyndall effect relevant? (or how it is called when light is scattered along microscopic particles in the air) Did he expect that dust from the desert will enhance this effect? Did he expect any spectaculous color of the sky in Oman? No to all. Special location in Oman relevant? Possibly, but you don't need to know exactly where it is. If so: a city? a district? other geographical point? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10979 Registered: 4-2010 |
A cliff? Hill? Mountain? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4459 Registered: 5-2003 |
A cliff? Hill? Mountain? Irr. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 123 Registered: 1-2011 |
Was there any photographers contest or congress in Oman? Is the name "Oman" relevant? Was there anything visible only in/from Oman and nowhere else? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4462 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was there any photographers contest or congress in Oman? No. Is the name "Oman" relevant? No. Was there anything visible only in/from Oman and nowhere else? Yes. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 135 Registered: 1-2011 |
Something visible only in Oman: stars? moon? comet? unique features of sky? Was it on the sky at all? Reflection of the eclipse in something (like in a body of water or mirror-like surface)? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4467 Registered: 5-2003 |
Something visible only in Oman: stars? moon? comet? unique features of sky? None of these. Was it on the sky at all? Yes. Reflection of the eclipse in something (like in a body of water or mirror-like surface)? No. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 137 Registered: 1-2011 |
The phenomenon on the sky was natural or artificial (man-made)? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4471 Registered: 5-2003 |
The phenomenon on the sky was natural or artificial (man-made)? This. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 144 Registered: 1-2011 |
Is this phenomenon an object in outer space? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4473 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is this phenomenon an object in outer space? DOYD. It orbits Earth. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2615 Registered: 9-2010 |
The Moon? The International Space Station? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4474 Registered: 5-2003 |
The Moon? The International Space Station? This. You're quite close to solution. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2620 Registered: 9-2010 |
Let me clarify that I do not think the Moon is man-made...I missed that question and answer entirely, LOL. I'm glad I got the answer, though. *ponders* | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4476 Registered: 5-2003 |
You've never read David Weber's Empire From the Ashes, then... suffice to say it starts with the assumption that the moon is actually a 50,000 year old space-ship. Excellent Space Opera series. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2623 Registered: 9-2010 |
I'll look into it :-) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11034 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the Space Station going to be visible because of the eclipse? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4478 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was the Space Station going to be visible because of the eclipse? No, but... | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4479 Registered: 5-2003 |
Or rather, not specifically because of the eclipse. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 152 Registered: 1-2011 |
Was the Space Station going to be visible close to the eclipse by a time coincidence? Oman was just a place where the Station will be at the time of the eclipse? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4481 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was the Space Station going to be visible close to the eclipse by a time coincidence? Yes, for svv definitions of "close." This is almost solved... Oman was just a place where the Station will be at the time of the eclipse? I would hope not, since that would mean it crashed and we would have heard that on the news... :p Seriously, yes, this was the only place where it was visible during the eclipse. How? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 363 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is it because Oman is the only country out of those where the sun eclipse was visible that is crossed by the orbit of the Space Station? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 162 Registered: 1-2011 |
Is it the case that the darkness caused by eclipse made the station visible, while it wouldn't be visible in the daylight? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4483 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it because Oman is the only country out of those where the sun eclipse was visible that is crossed by the orbit of the Space Station? No, it depends on a number of factors - this can be seen at different places and times and in fact the photographer in question has taken many similar pictures from France and other places. The question is - Where specifically was the Space Station when the picture was taken at this particular place and time? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 166 Registered: 1-2011 |
I'm afraid you missed my question... Was the Space Station in one line with the sun, so it seemed as it was on the sun? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4485 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was the Space Station in one line with the sun, so it seemed as it was on the sun? Yes. **** SPOILER **** Here's the photo: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/04/insanely-awesome-solar-eclipse-picture/ | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2658 Registered: 9-2010 |
LOL at some of the comments... 12. Michael Says: January 4th, 2011 at 11:29 am Luke: “He’s heading for that small moon…” Obi Wan: “That’s no moon, it’s a space station.” How come nobody told me we were building TIE Fighters? 14. nuke3d Says: January 4th, 2011 at 11:31 am That’s no moon. It’s a space station! Oh wait, it’s a moon. But that’s no sunspot. It’s a space station! 24. Dennis Says: January 4th, 2011 at 12:19 pm Wait a minute – how did Canada manage to imprint an image of their flag on the sun?!? That’s amazing! Does this mean Canada officially owns the sun now? 60. Phil Bear Says: January 4th, 2011 at 5:00 pm Looks a bit like Pac-Man. 92. DSV Says: January 5th, 2011 at 3:22 am And right between the ISS and the sun spot, I can see Hawaii passing by. Talk about coincidence! 98. kurt_eh Says: January 5th, 2011 at 6:51 am (In my best Doctor/Matt Smith voice) Pictures of ISS transiting the Sun are cool… |
