Natural Phenomena

[AvastMH]

That's super cool!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_transit_of_Venus

[Randi]

[Michael]

[Randi]

Feb 9th 1883 Yantic.

Noticed ball lightning to Sd and Wd during last hour.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 7_0123.JPG

Not something you see every day.

[Michael]

Ashuelot, 1868
1868-01-16
Lat 31.24
Long 121.49

2200: A very brilliant meteor was seen which started in the Zodiac bearing SW & pursued @ northerly direction, growing brighter for about 50 deg and then exploded.

1868-04-05
Lat 32.16
Long 128.61

2300h: Observed paraselene around the moon diameter 30 deg

[AvastMH]

A parasalene (or moon dog)



I've seen these once or twice in the Yorkshire Dales

[Michael]

[ggordon]

Shenandoah, December 12, 1868 in the Indian Ocean.

3:50 AM

a brilliant meteor shot across the heavens.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 12-191.JPG

Location at Noon: 11°41' S 98°50' E

[Michael]

14 March 18 1877
Panama Bay

At 8:55 P.M., saw a very brilliant meteor to the N'd + W'd, appearing at an altitude of about 40^o, lasting a N'ly course it disappeared abut 15^o above the horizon, having at times in its passage exhibited twice very great brilliancy.

[Randi]

[Michael]

13 June 1877

Position at 2:00 A.M. near -9.7 -78.5.
Midnight to 4 A.M.

Several meteors seen during the watch.

[Randi]

[Michael]

12 August 1877
San Juan Bay, Peru

At 8:53 PM saw an exceedingly large + brilliant white meteor which appeared like a ball of fire, its diam about 2/3 that of the moon, in a NNE direction at an altitude of about 30^o, descending towards and breaking into 6 or 8 pieces and disappearing just before it reached the horizon.

[Randi]

Wow!!!

[pommystuart]

Yantic, Key West, 12 June 1881

0130 Observed beginning of total eclipse of moon.

[Randi]

[pommystuart]

Yantic 24th June 1881 off coast of Yucatan 0000hrs

Observed a comet just above the horizon brg NNE.

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

See link for more on the comet observed by the Yantic.

https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/il ... omet-1881/

[Randi]