Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-08-23


Epnoe SATURDAY pfRs 81 Aner long
delay, owing 70 the ereeting at Strong
Island NJ the Morning stab feel very fpuu.
nate in coming i1t1 possession It last II q
most important feeotd n ftef, which I hasten
to publish in the form u an czttaei from the
journal Of Mis- catboar, the young lady mis-
aiouary labodnp at suongs Island with Rev.
Dr. and Mrs Pcasc, and we'll known IN
IIonolulu Il Is as follows
sept. 9Th Yesterday there vas vsy
peculiar appearance to the sun The fky Wa
lomewhlt cloudy, but MOI 40 a. 70 obscure the
sun which was of . silver blue c1iot, and MOI
70 hight but what We could look At II without
any trouble. The shadow was the same as n
an eclipse. There vas no bright sunshine all
day
Although the journal contains no further
record on the subject nor any mention oi the
red glows which must have followed, it IL ~
precise as to date and as n The phenomenon
observed as to be Of the greatest value in con.
tinuing the history II the equatorial smok'
stream from Krakaoa beyond Honolulu and
Fanniug's leland, to which it had been chm.
tinuously traced on ilS long route via the
Seychelles, Cape Coast Castle, Trinidad and
Panama. II vas observed 10y the bark South.
ard Iiurlbur spmc 1900 miles T.. s. T.. ol
iIonolulu on September jrd, at flaming
Island on September 4th, and at Honolulu in
conspicuous brillianey on the evening Of the
slh Mr.. Frank Atwater, landing at Maalaca,
L
Maui, on the morning Of the slh, observed 6
wonderful red glow, and marvelled mucl
/ (haying just arrived II such were the sunrise
in these islands. The same morning passenger'
on the ZeaandIa steaming sOuthwardS toward
the line were awakened by hae sunligh'
streaming into their bcrths Mr.. + L. CLARK,
has supplied report somewhat imperfect as tt
date Of an obseurcd and coppcry sun seen a
the Gilbert Islands on or about September 7th
This would be September 9th in our reckon
ing, the Gilbert Islands being west Of the
meridian Of ISo'
Now we have the very precise date gwen By
Miss Cathcart, of September 9Th t6thl a
Strongs Island or just one day later than a
Honolulu, and thiry.sis hours later than tn
late afternoon coppcy and lurid obscuratiol
seen at Fannings Island. Strongs Island /
about 2 32o miles nearly due west Of Tanning
Island This gives a rate Of progress Of tn
smoke stream Of % miles an hour. |, seem
proper to reckon time from Fanning's ISLAM
rather than from the Hawaiian Islands, as til
latter we're evidently north Of the cenira
course Of the stream, and perceived it
atmospheric effects half day later than tn
former, although nearly on the same meridian
1t is to be specially noted also, that tn
phenomena were characterized by tn
peculiarities seen at Fanning's Island as well a
, at Panama, rather than those seen =, I'm,
. lulu. Here the observation Of the sun was S
slight as not to have been noticed during III
, day, nor was any change in its color observed
y except by Mt. and Mrs. II. NJ. Whitney, VIII
# saw its disk gyeen at setting on the 9Th. 4
A Strong's Island as well as at Fanning's Islanc
+. Panama, Trinidad and eastward the sun ";
heavily obscured, and its light changed
II green a, low attitudes, and blue when high M
i. This proves that the heavier thickness Of Il
:. smoke.s,ream did not extend so far north
Honolulu, but was confined to a mario
n belt near the equator. Fanning's Island is
:. Lat. q 40 N, Lon. I5o w. Strong's Islar
\ is in Lat. S N, Long. I62' go E. The Ze
). landia was perhaps S n. when the blue ST
&c was observed. Honolulu is in Lat. ~ ~ \
c and received only the clouds iraying off fro
the edge OF the smoke belt as it swept by
], the southwark.
The suns rays were SO greatly obscrued
J., the density Of the smoke strata in the ma
ic belt, that they seem there to have failed
ID produce the marvellous twilight effects viii
Is were so conspicuous in Honolulu. All alo
is the line from Seychelles to Strong's Island,
S. hear of lurid appearances, green sun, bl
O. light, great observation, sun easily observ
S. with the naked eye, but hardly anywhere VIC
TO about twilight effects, or red CLOVIS, while
S; Honolulu under the thinner side clouds Of t
m stream the color effects in the twilight we
er amazing
re The topic Is an endlers one, and will I
Is prolong. Many ask what is the cause Of f
he quent revivals Of the red CLOVIS, such as
H. very fine one OF last evening, August 18th.
n seems merely to show an irregular DISTRIBUTE
CT Of the vast clouds OF thin Krakatoaha haze s.
Oh lingering in the upper atmosphere. TIL
drift about, giving us sometimes more, son
6; times less OF their presence. 1t is also not
er likely that in varying hygrometric condition
ne the minute dust.particles become nuclei
ice crystals Of varying size. This wo'
10 greatly variate their rejecting power. t
1t, accords with some observations of Mr. c.
IA Lyons, showing that the amount OF red 81
ne varies according to the prevalence OF cert
ny winds. e ,
Honolulu, August 20, 1854