
From the Vault: Pacific Navigation, Part 3
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The Effects of Lagoons on the Clouds
A navigator can feel for the reflection, refraction and interference with swells to detect that land is near by. David lewis goes into deep detail on this practice in his book 'Land Signing' But there's one last thing i wanted to talk about here that is really interesting and almost kind of creepy,. especially because it is, to some degree, still mysterious. There are three kinds of island with corresponding clouds. Tita says, above lagoon islands, the cloud roof tends to be greenish. Abera referred to a pink tinge over reefs and green above lagoons. Rewi likewise said that lagoon islands reflect green, and ones without lagoons
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