A STRANGE SIGHT.
The Great Black Arch of Gundagai. SYDNEY, November 20. T hat Gundagai people who were scared by the appearance of a band of black, stretching across a clear and starlit sky in a graceful curve, were merely being treated to one of Nature’s innocent freaks—an unusual cloud of fog formation—was the opinion of astronomical experts to-day. Mr W. Gale, a prominent astronomer, said it was probably a peculiar forma- i tion of cloud, due to particular characteristics cf the atmosphere. The Government Astronomer (Mr Xangle), laughingly commenting that “ Experience makes us wise,” said, ‘‘The other night an excited young man informed me that he had discovered a comet, and it had a tail—one that went in and out. We know of the approach of comets months before they are visible to the naked eye, but my young friend insisted on having me view the sight. 1 went and I saw the phenomenon—the State Theatre searchlight.” |
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 936, 5 December 1933, Page 1
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