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Re: A Flag Flying Visit?
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2022 Aug 14, 18:20 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2022 Aug 14, 18:20 -0700
Not Sri Lanka, no. The stars are wrong. :)
And look at that fast cat in the background! I don't think the "A.C." has made it to Sri Lanka quite yet. I won't give away more, but to hint that I know the location, I'll suggest that this photo of the Yuan Wang 5 was taken in 2016 in the first few days of a month ending in "-ber". The altitude of the Sun LL at noon there on the date this photo was taken was around 57°01', and at that time the azimuth of the Sun was 0° T.
Frank Reed
PS: Since a paywall may block access to the photo that David Pike is referring to, here's a high-res copy.
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