Natural Phenomena

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

Record-breaking hail from the Queensland tropics is helping scientists understand more about how destructive weather events form.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-25/ ... 101573684

[Michael]

[Michael]

23 February 1878
Noon : Lat 25° 17' 00"S, Long 42° 13' 00"W

Passed through quantities of yellowish + brownish material, having the appearance of dust, lying in streaks, in and upon the water.

[Michael]

25 February
Near 22°44'S 43°55'W

At 11:40 PM, observed a brilliant meteor passing from east to west over an arc of about 90^o.

[Randi]

Good work!

[Michael]

01 March 1878
Near 23°03'S 34°05'W

At 1030 PM observed a very bright meteor, its bearing about NW. It commenced about 30^o above the horizon and pursued a westerly course at angle of 20^o with the horizon, and disappeared about 5^o above the horizon. When first seen, its color was purple, rapidly changing to green and white.

[Randi]

[Michael]

18 April 1878
Noon : Lat 36° 01'N, Long 74° 27'W

I think they crossed the edge of the Gulf Stream at 1130. These are their sea surface temperatures:

Time	Temperature
11:00	73
12:00	66 | 60
13:00	61
14:00	57
15:00	52
16:00	50

Between 11 and 11:30 o'clock, the wind moderated considerably, the water changed from a blue to light green in color, and in temperature fell from 73^o to 66^o with moderate sea; at the same time there was a corresponding fall of wet and dry bulb thermometers.

[Randi]

Neat to see that!

[Michael]

Halifax, Nova Scotia
19 February 1881

2000: Faint display of Aurora Borealis.

[ggordon]

November 15, 1872, about 30 miles NW of Cape Caxine, Algieria:

Midnight to 4 AM

Observed a number of meteors during the watch

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[ggordon]

November 27, 1872, NE of Tunis, Tunisia:

4PM to 8PM

During watch a great show of Meteors could be seen in the sky.

8PM to Midnight

observed a large number of stars falling in all directions

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 24-050.JPG

[Michael]

[ggordon]

November 28, 1872
Sailing between Tunis, Tunisia and Malta, near the Island of Pantelleria, Sicily:

Midnight to 4AM

A large number of falling stars during watch generally in an easterly direction

4AM to 8AM

Moderate display of Meteors first part of watch.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 24-051.JPG

[Michael]

Chemulpo, Korea
26 October, 1886

About 11:35 PM a very brilliant meteor passed through the zenith from South to North and burst with a perceptible noise.

[Michael]

USS St. Mary's
24 November 1861
Near 37°06'N 135°47'W

No specific time for the sighting was given.

From 8 to midnight. Noticed a brilliant meteor to the Nd & Ed.

[Michael]

USS St. Mary's
20 March 1862
Near 32°33'N 120°02'W

From 6 to 8 PM.

Saw a bright Meteor in the Northern heavens.

[Michael]

19 August 1887
Chemulpo, Korea

15:45

Observed well nigh total eclipse of the sun commencing about 1:30 PM and ending at 3:45 PM L.M.T.

[Randi]

19 March 1867
Honolulu

From 8 pm to Mid.

At 8.44. a partial Eclipse of the moon commenced. Middle of Eclipse 10.18. Ended at 11.51