I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Sep 11th 2006, 11:53 am
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I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Just an observation - the rainbows here seem to be much wider and higher than any I have ever seen in the UK. There's been that much rain here in Sydney in the last week that I have had a fair few rainbows to observe!
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
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Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
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Sep 11th 2006, 11:54 am
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by binbird
Just an observation - the rainbows here seem to be much wider and higher than any I have ever seen in the UK. There's been that much rain here in Sydney in the last week that I have had a fair few rainbows to observe!
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
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Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
B
Sep 11th 2006, 12:07 pm
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by binbird
Just an observation - the rainbows here seem to be much wider and higher than any I have ever seen in the UK. There's been that much rain here in Sydney in the last week that I have had a fair few rainbows to observe!
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
B
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
B
Sep 11th 2006, 12:28 pm
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by binbird
Just an observation - the rainbows here seem to be much wider and higher than any I have ever seen in the UK. There's been that much rain here in Sydney in the last week that I have had a fair few rainbows to observe!
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
B
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
B
Sep 11th 2006, 6:01 pm
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
whatever it is it's got to be good! woke up this morning to the thickest fog! Didn't disappear till lunch time either!
Sep 11th 2006, 8:50 pm
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by binbird
Just an observation - the rainbows here seem to be much wider and higher than any I have ever seen in the UK. There's been that much rain here in Sydney in the last week that I have had a fair few rainbows to observe!
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
B
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
B
Sep 11th 2006, 9:24 pm
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by binbird
Just an observation - the rainbows here seem to be much wider and higher than any I have ever seen in the UK. There's been that much rain here in Sydney in the last week that I have had a fair few rainbows to observe!
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
B
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
B
But, I see the Belt of Venus and sun Halos all the time; things I never saw in the UK.
Sep 11th 2006, 9:25 pm
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by The Bloke
Same sky, different perspective.
Sep 11th 2006, 9:47 pm
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Pic taken from balcony in Sydney recently.
Sep 11th 2006, 10:09 pm
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by binbird
Just an observation - the rainbows here seem to be much wider and higher than any I have ever seen in the UK. There's been that much rain here in Sydney in the last week that I have had a fair few rainbows to observe!
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
Dr Karl claims after a recent trip to Europe that the sky there isn't blue - due to pollution from overpopulation - that could affect rainbows.
Sep 11th 2006, 10:10 pm
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by MD09
Pic taken from balcony in Sydney recently.
Sep 11th 2006, 10:30 pm
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by MD09
Pic taken from balcony in Sydney recently.
Sep 11th 2006, 10:49 pm
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by ridds
Correct - and scientifically, at a different latitude you get a different perspective on the curvature of the horizon, which creates the illusion that the sky is indeed bigger (because the earth is not a perfect sphere). Or something like that.
Ahaaa..... It is one thing I had noticed as well, and wondered what the reason was.... I actually thought it was more to do with a more crowded horizon, in the UK.
Stand out the back of Goondiwindi.... with nothing on the horizon, and I actually got a touch of Agrophpobia... nothing but brown/red dusty dirt and blue sky... how that is appealing gawd knows... Made me realise I was a city lover.
Sep 12th 2006, 1:20 am
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
Ahaaa..... It is one thing I had noticed as well, and wondered what the reason was.... I actually thought it was more to do with a more crowded horizon, in the UK.
Stand out the back of Goondiwindi.... with nothing on the horizon, and I actually got a touch of Agrophpobia... nothing but brown/red dusty dirt and blue sky... how that is appealing gawd knows... Made me realise I was a city lover.
Stand out the back of Goondiwindi.... with nothing on the horizon, and I actually got a touch of Agrophpobia... nothing but brown/red dusty dirt and blue sky... how that is appealing gawd knows... Made me realise I was a city lover.
I drove my brother down the lane from her house on a sunny day with a bit of high wispy cloud and you get good views there. He said, "I've never seen clouds like that in the UK" (he meant the variety).
When I landed back in the Uk I felt squashed - my first instinct was to wonder where the sky was - well I could see it - it seemed way too low.
Friends come over from the CBD and notice the clear sky, stars and the complete freshness of the air = we're only 45k out.
Sep 12th 2006, 3:43 am
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Re: I think the sky is bigger in Australia!
Originally Posted by binbird
Just an observation - the rainbows here seem to be much wider and higher than any I have ever seen in the UK. There's been that much rain here in Sydney in the last week that I have had a fair few rainbows to observe!
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
B
Can anybody else relate to this or do I just have to accept that the years are creeping up on me and my eyes just ain't want they used to be?!
(Or perhaps, and it's a very small perhaps, there is some geographical or climactic reasoning for this!)
B