flare v glint v Clint
Jim Varney (sat_watcher@rocketmail.com)
Thu, 23 Oct 1997 12:22:33 -0700 (PDT)
---"Sue J. Worden" <worden@uts.cc.utexas.edu> weighed in with some
arguments for Flare:
> Other Iridiums, however, have visually been more akin to "flares".
> The "monster" I saw last night, for example, slowly ramped up in
> brightness over a period of seconds, and I most definitely had the
> visual impression of a "spreading outward" of the light, especially
> in the latter, brighter stages.
Yes -- in photography there's the term "lens flare."
> The terms "flash" and "glint" are virtually interchangeable.
Maybe the solution is to allow "glint" and "flare" to be freely
interchangeable on this list. Who started this thread anyway?
Willie Koorts wrote:
>Iridiums flare up due to sun glints.
Willie shows these two words can coexist. I hope so. Otherwise Dave
Mullenix just might have to call in Clint Eastwood
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