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The '''Novaya Zemlya effect''' is a [[Polar climate|polar]] [[mirage]] caused by high [[refraction]] of [[sunlight]] between atmospheric [[thermocline]]s. The Novaya Zemlya effect will give the impression that the [[sunrise|sun is rising]] earlier than it actually should (astronomically speaking), and depending on the [[meteorology|meteorological]] situation, the effect will present the sun as a line or a square (which is sometimes referred to as the "rectangular sun"), made up of flattened hourglass shapes. The mirage requires rays of sunlight to have an [[Inversion (meteorology)|inversion layer]] for hundreds of kilometres (at least 400 km), and depends on the inversion layer's [[temperature gradient]]. The sunlight must bend to the Earth's curvature at least 400 km to allow an elevation rise of 5 degrees for sight of the sun disk. |
The '''Novaya Zemlya effect''' is a [[Polar climate|polar]] [[mirage]] caused by high [[refraction]] of [[sunlight]] between atmospheric [[thermocline]]s. The Novaya Zemlya effect will give the impression that the [[sunrise|sun is rising]] earlier than it actually should (astronomically speaking), and depending on the [[meteorology|meteorological]] situation, the effect will present the sun as a line or a square (which is sometimes referred to as the "rectangular sun"), made up of flattened hourglass shapes. The mirage requires rays of sunlight to have an [[Inversion (meteorology)|inversion layer]] for hundreds of kilometres (at least 400 km), and depends on the inversion layer's [[temperature gradient]]. The sunlight must bend to the Earth's curvature at least 400 km to allow an elevation rise of 5 degrees for sight of the sun disk. |
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The first person to record the phenomenon was [[Gerrit de Veer]], a member of [[Willem Barentsz]]'s ill-fated third expedition into the polar region in 1596-1597. Trapped by the ice, the party was forced to stay for the winter in a makeshift lodge on [[Novaya Zemlya]] and endure the [[polar night]]. On January 24, 1597, De Veer and another crew member claimed to have seen the Sun appear above the horizon, two full weeks prior to its calculated return. They were met with disbelief by the rest of the crew (who accused De Veer of having used the old [[Julian calendar]] instead of the [[Gregorian calendar]] introduced several years earlier), but on January 27 the Sun was seen by all "in his full roundnesse".<ref>https://archive.org/stream/threevoyageswil00bekegoog#page/n353/mode/2up</ref> For centuries the account was the source of skepticism, until in the 20th century the phenomenon was finally proven to be genuine. |
The first person to record the phenomenon was [[Gerrit de Veer]], a member of [[Willem Barentsz]]'s ill-fated third expedition into the polar region in 1596-1597. Trapped by the ice, the party was forced to stay for the winter in a makeshift lodge on [[Novaya Zemlya]] and endure the [[polar night]]. On January 24, 1597, De Veer and another crew member claimed to have seen the Sun appear above the horizon, two full weeks prior to its calculated return. They were met with disbelief by the rest of the crew (who accused De Veer of having used the old [[Julian calendar]] instead of the [[Gregorian calendar]] introduced several years earlier), but on January 27 the Sun was seen by all "in his full roundnesse".<ref>https://archive.org/stream/threevoyageswil00bekegoog#page/n353/mode/2up</ref> For centuries the account was the source of skepticism, until in the 20th century the phenomenon was finally proven to be genuine.<ref>W. H. Lehn: 'The Novaya Zemlya effect: An arctic mirage', ''[[Journal of the Optical Society of America]]'', Vol. 69, Issue 5 (1979), pp. 776-781</ref><ref>W.H. Lehn & B.A. German, 'Novaya Zemlya effect. Analysis of an observation', ''[[Applied Optics]]'', Vol. 20, No. 12 (15 June 1981), pp. 2043–2047.</ref><ref>Siebren van der Werf, ''Het Nova Zembla verschijnsel. Geschiedenis van een luchtspiegeling'' ("The Novaya Zemlya phenomenon. History of a mirage"), 2011; ISBN 978 90 6554 0850.</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Mirage of astronomical objects]] |
* [[Mirage of astronomical objects]] |
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* [[Looming and similar refraction phenomena]] |
* [[Looming and similar refraction phenomena]] |
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Revision as of 06:17, 5 February 2015
The Novaya Zemlya effect is a polar mirage caused by high refraction of sunlight between atmospheric thermoclines. The Novaya Zemlya effect will give the impression that the sun is rising earlier than it actually should (astronomically speaking), and depending on the meteorological situation, the effect will present the sun as a line or a square (which is sometimes referred to as the "rectangular sun"), made up of flattened hourglass shapes. The mirage requires rays of sunlight to have an inversion layer for hundreds of kilometres (at least 400 km), and depends on the inversion layer's temperature gradient. The sunlight must bend to the Earth's curvature at least 400 km to allow an elevation rise of 5 degrees for sight of the sun disk.
The first person to record the phenomenon was Gerrit de Veer, a member of Willem Barentsz's ill-fated third expedition into the polar region in 1596-1597. Trapped by the ice, the party was forced to stay for the winter in a makeshift lodge on Novaya Zemlya and endure the polar night. On January 24, 1597, De Veer and another crew member claimed to have seen the Sun appear above the horizon, two full weeks prior to its calculated return. They were met with disbelief by the rest of the crew (who accused De Veer of having used the old Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar introduced several years earlier), but on January 27 the Sun was seen by all "in his full roundnesse".[1] For centuries the account was the source of skepticism, until in the 20th century the phenomenon was finally proven to be genuine.[2][3][4]
See also
References
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/threevoyageswil00bekegoog#page/n353/mode/2up
- ^ W. H. Lehn: 'The Novaya Zemlya effect: An arctic mirage', Journal of the Optical Society of America, Vol. 69, Issue 5 (1979), pp. 776-781
- ^ W.H. Lehn & B.A. German, 'Novaya Zemlya effect. Analysis of an observation', Applied Optics, Vol. 20, No. 12 (15 June 1981), pp. 2043–2047.
- ^ Siebren van der Werf, Het Nova Zembla verschijnsel. Geschiedenis van een luchtspiegeling ("The Novaya Zemlya phenomenon. History of a mirage"), 2011; ISBN 978 90 6554 0850.
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