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Bruce S, you wrote:
"Unfortunately I can't recall reading anything about getting longitude from
the Green Flash, but it's hard to believe it hasn't been proposed at various
times, at least as a curiosity."
Sure, I suppose. Still, with Cotter [according to Andrew Young --I don't
have a copy handy to confirm it] claiming that this had been suggested often, it
would be interesting to chase down the origin of this particular bit of
dubious lore. Certainly, waiting for the "green flash" would not be superior to
observing any old sunset, and quite likely, since the green flash arises from
unusual refraction, it would be worse than an ordinary sunset observation.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
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