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Re: Tripos Test for the Twenty-first Century
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2026 Jul 20, 11:04 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2026 Jul 20, 11:04 -0700
Josh, you asked:
"August 2015... why that month?"
Ah. Good question! That was direct from the original image caption of this beautiful scene. We can take that month as a given. The date +/- a day at most (and maybe better) is constrained by the logic of lunars.
And you asked:
"How near is 'near'?"
I should have specified better. By near here, I meant "near on the globe". To be more specific, let's say +/- 2.5° of latitude from the Tropic of Capricorn.
I'm copying in the images again below. If anyone hasn't done so yet, be sure to "click" on the primary, full-scene image below, and then click again to enlarge it on your display. It's nice!
Frank Reed
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