Mir pass sets in shadows of mountains, no self lighting.

chris kalmar (ckalmar@worldnet.att.net)
Sun, 13 Oct 1996 19:53:53 -0600

at 0:30z 10 14 96, Mir set at elev. of 12 degrees or so.
Magnitude -1 to -2 but it appeared to go through several mountain shadows.
Sunset was across colorado. The color seemed to lack a red color as it faded.
I saw 3 complete fades and comebacks before it got sunset completely,
and the radio was lost at -0.5 degrees on 145.55
This time I watched thru 7x50 to see if it had the flashing markers on 
or visible light from inside. Nothing there.
Chris at 91W, 42.4 N.