I remember reading an article in either Astronomy or Sky & Telescope a few years ago about someone who observed the milkyway while submerged in their swimming pool, they also described it as looking through a large fish eye lens, sure would be a surreal experience to lay underwater looking at the stars, I look forward to the report from Fish lake. Howard --- diveboss@xmission.com wrote:
Not too far below the surface of a calm freshwater lake, the view can sometimes resemble what you see when looking through a fish eye lens. Under Ideal conditions, you can see incredible wide angle detail. I would like to see the Milky Way under those conditions just for laughs.
I will be going to Fish Lake around the first of September to dive and view the stars. The sky over Fish Lake is as dark as I've ever seen it. Maybe there is others here who would like to go if for nothing else than to see another cool dark sky site, with maybe a little fishing or diving.
Quoting Josephine Grahn <bsi@xmission.com>:
Guy, That sounds like something straight out of Jacques Cousteau! I wonder if anyone has ever filmed it underwater. If not, someone really should, Jo
At 07:16 PM 7/28/2005 -0600, Guy wrote:
I was diving in a field of ice at a depth of 27 degrees Farenheit. Just moments before an unscheduled, uncontrolled dash to the surface because of a free flowing regulator and dry suit inflator valve, I had been watching my exhaust bubbles. At that temperature, the air bubbles would freeze and glaze over, and as the bubbles grew in size, they would break into a gazillion shimmering shards of ice crystals, only to reform and repeat the process. The larger shards of ice held the image of the sun, which was overhead. That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Of course, hitting the surface like a runaway polaris missle wasn't very cool at all... :( Doing surface intervals while floating under a star lit sky, rule!
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