Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Adler" <rgacpa@pacbell.net> To: "Leica Enthusiasts Group" <leica@topica.com>; "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 09 July 2003 17:32 Subject: [Leica] Van Gogh Moment > Dear All, > > Several weeks ago I heard an interesting > radio-journalism report on NPR. An astronomer became > very interested in the Van Gogh painting "Evening > Landscape With Rising Moon" ( > http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/p_0735.htm ). > Through research of Van Gogh letters, art history, > etc., an astronomer was able to determine that Van > Gogh would have witnessed this bright yellow moonrise > in the southeast horizon on July 13, 1889. The bright > yellow of the full moon (originally thought by some > who viewed the painting to be the sun) was caused by > the sun setting 180 degrees to the moon at the same > approximate time. <big snip> ====================================================== Blimey!! That's Tamron 500mm mirror lens bokeh: http://www.geebeephoto.com/assets/images/temp/stolentime.jpg - --Graham - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html