I am having trouble accessing Seesat archives and also I have an email problem which means I cannot search the record. However I found that John Locker reported the orange coloration in October 2006 which I think might be the first such report, and I confirmed that I had noticed the same. I recall (and I think I posted this though I can't find it) that an astronaut reported how the solar panels glowed a bright reddish colour, which I think she compared to a heater or similar, when the sun was on them. If the weather permits I might be able to find out soon what is happening on sunset passes, but not looking good. Also looks very doubtful that the upcoming early morning pass will be "go" for here. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Williams" <k4hsm@knology.net> To: "Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz>; <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:51 AM Subject: Re: STS/ISS observation >I noticed the rust-colored appearance as it hit the orbital sunset a few >weeks ago on ISS. Not sure of sunrise, but on sunset as it dims, it turns >rust-colored. > Greg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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