Re: News report on Penhallow's lecture



On Jan 26, 2:26 pm, Doug Weller <dwel...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
http://www.newportdailynews.com/articles/2007/01/26/news/news1.txt

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Some of the explanations of the alignments get complex. For example, from
one location in the park, using a stepladder, you could look through the
top of one window and the bottom of another window and see the full moon
rising on the horizon during the Lunar Major on June 11, 2006."

So, a little horizon astronomy. Why then the business about the '3D'?

Also, what is privileged about June 11, 2006? The moon rises and sets
at different heights at the same time of the year over a long cycle.
And, IIRC, the cycle is not exact. At least according to this year's
"Old Farmer's Almanac". So what exactly is the value of this
two-window-and-a-ladder-of-a-certain-height alignment? Was it
foreshadowing a Democratic victory several months later? The week of
the loon seven months later?

Perhaps the guy has an explanation for all this. And, of course, the
OFA could be wrong, or I might be mis-remembering it. OTOH, perhaps
when one is looking for zebras, hoofbeats are proof enough.

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