Natural Phenomena

[Michael]

25 November 1863
Off New Inlet, North Carolina (Lat: 33.9 Long: -77.9)

Total eclipse of the moon at 20 minutes past 3 AM.

[Michael]

A23a: World's biggest iceberg on the move after 30 years

The journalist is having issues converting square kilometres and miles. He has the size at 4,000 sq km, but it's really 400 sq km.

[Michael]

This CBC news item includes a 58 second video that's worth watching. (If you like Orcas, that is!)

Orca pod spotted playing

[Michael]

World's biggest iceberg reaches a critical point in its journey.

[Michael]

10 September
Noon : Lat 10° 14' 00"N, Long 57° 40' 00"E

At 7 o'Clock P.M., dark, Weather cloudy, and starlight at times, between hour of , , the sea changed to pure white, flaming color all around, resembling snow. This appearance of the sea continued two nights in succession, appearing immediately after dark. An examination of the water showed a great number of globular bodies about the size of a pin's head, each emitting a phosphoric light.

[HNartisan]

6 November 1861
USS Jamestown off the coast of NC, ESE of Bald Head Island

From 8.00am to meridian:
Passed detached pieces of gulf weed.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/ ... _080_1.jpg

[Randi]

[ggordon]

February 11, 1885 at Valparaiso, Chile:

8:30PM

observed a brilliant meteor starting near the zenith and travelling S.W. disappearing near the horizon -

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 36-122.JPG

[Michael]

August 6, 1867
Noon : Lat 30° 54' 00"N, Long 128° 35' 00"E

Midnight to 4 AM

Meteors visible during the watch.

[Michael]

January 17
Noon : Lat 32° 42' 00"S, Long 33° 40' 00"E

At 8:30 PM, a brilliant meteor crossed the sky to the Wd. Exploding a short distance from the ship with an audible report & lighted up the entire sky.

[Michael]

19 September, 1870
Noon : Lat 37° 13' 00"N, Long 42° 29' 00"W

At 11 PM a brilliant Meteor fell in the direction ENE.

[Michael]

22 December 1870
Le Havre, France

At 12:10 a partial eclipse of the sun took place, continuing for 1 hr. 30 min.

[ggordon]

April 18, 1885 aboard the Shenandoah at Panama, U.S.C. (now Panama City, Panama):



9:45PM

observed a brilliant meteor which started in N.E. near horizon, crossed the heavens and disappeared near the horizon in E.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 36-206.JPG

[pommystuart]

Kearsarge 15th Sept 1890
Colon, Panama
0000-0400hrs
Observed St Elmos fire (corposants) at fore and main ????

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 6_0142.JPG

[Randi]

Possibly:
Truck A circular piece of wood placed on the head of a mast or flagstaff, in which the sheave for the signal-halliards is placed.
A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases ...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IPv ... &q&f=false

[pommystuart]

I can read "trucks" into that.

It must be a cool site to actually see St Elmos fire.
Thanks

[pommystuart]

Kearsarge Sept 30th 1890, Colon panama.
2345hrs.
A water spout formed bearing NNE from the ship and close in shore
At first it formed a thick vertical column and after breaking
reformed in a thin curved column rapidly changing direction in ???
The sea was considerably disturbed the noise being plainly heard
on the ship.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 6_0158.JPG

[Randi]

Nov 6, 1866
48 34 49 S, 65 6 15 W

At 10.50[pm] saw an areolite [aerolite] to the N.W., which exploded with a noise heard on board, at about 45 degrees from the horizon showing all the colors of the rainbow.

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[Michael]

[EShane]

Meteors seen on clear evenings (few) from July 26, 1872 - Aug 10, 1872 in Pacific Ocean. Lackawanna sailing toward Yokohama, Japan. Nearest landmark post meteor shower is Lots Wife. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot%27s_Wife_(crag)
Likely the Perseid Meteor showers although peaking earlier in 1872 than today (peak August 12 - 13).