Evening star., 1949-06-06
Ssors. Mea CD A,ems
Antarctic Phenomenon
Of Visibility Revealed
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tnese toeg conditions pt ep4assr ~esa1S rn.
able arybodS 10 ~w csvf tsar hasxssxs dsIt
there was q Gsc<uytas cs41a4on "a ttse stssos-
pheTr due 10 uneQGA - gsas ~hsea nFostsrea
shat Is knosp So s.af fss0s mirage
The scenery hcsoua tss hasisoa was m.i-
rosed AEs4ns' thr SAY. j sass ihs maeieaso3.
oglst. The mlrase e~ndstsse nasfgsey sgssoa
around tht curvature Il (as earth
Even en usooal3g Nlptl nights Sfth . lsw
cloud eeser. nc reports Il ~atne Essnra 3as g~as-
Nble 10 we Aaoa eaAfea mountain 90
miles ASas II MAS possh5e Ia Sse traFn so
TO 10 miles through th1f{tos
However, Dg Fvgesst sash sonetlmss
visibility Is reduced shabby in q fv~ min
utes DifiuSed mtsts Sctta egi ii dean 'rasa
80 miles TO tao oy Three
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snaee may be fun at 10 naEne4ae nreSsssa
This ia indicated ay lIr direction a tse
vibration al starlight atr3 eFoasanE vast
gulfs Of emptiness. aeeofinF "a trpott 10
the American ASsoclatiok iof Ire Advance"
ment o. Science here by o. lyman SpiisFF.
tr. and John W Tukes q Princeton thifs'"
Sity
Light from distant stab rs II is received
an earth tends 10 he ''lsalt tard that "a to
vibrations are IN only onsa1ians The greater
the distance ot the stat the greater iha
polarization effect
Such q condition eanIhe explained, the
two auronoffarfx Aay II here east In sgps
posedly empty space need shaped Particles
comparable IN dlmenSlonss tn a wave lenEth
OF visible light which Rfaal pointed IN one
direction DUE 10 some ~ action such -
magnetic field The needla themselves. thsy
say probably would he sly specks of Hon.
for the most part faV iooAtnall Ia ee VISIBLE.
They have been built II through millions
OF years by the collision I atoms and mole
cuies from the space dal elood1
First they explain. SANS probably are
formed consisting Of Artety of elements
known 10 exist IN spacs Iron ana magns
siun will De combined klth oxygen and
hydrogen They form In saatl elouda When
two such clouds collide tltrs is considerable
heating. with The result Pat The Eaasss so
OF as vapor. leaving the krtail6 fragments
behind Several such tfaments may stick
together forming elene trt needles they kay.
Only relatively small lfapaftton oil soeh
maxneiizsd needles mlKa With the other
dust particles foatine II space would y"
necessary 10 explain the tight phenomena.
they conclude.