| ID | #1533634399 |
| Added | Tue, 07/08/2018 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Hypothesis
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Initial data
In the chronicle "the story of the Imperial potosí," mentions the following story, which tells of the governorate General Hinojosa, the Royal official responsible for the silver mines of Potosi.
Any official that controls the greatest single source of silver in the continent, was to make enemies, and Hinojosa is no exception. Two of his rival, Sebastian, Castillian and Francisco Giron, entered into a conspiracy to kill him. So the story tells about this event:
... in that moment, when Sebastian and Giron was preparing his troops to revolt, poiavilisi Sun, two moons appeared among the circular halo.
January 13, 1553, 52 days before General Hinojosa was killed at 7 a.m., a large circle was seen in the sky over Porco. it was completely white, thick on one pass. The natural Sun was somewhat reddish, almost painted like blood, and two side was very red and bloody, so that the sparkle and fire blinded the audience. ... two arcs seemed to be blue and red.
This phenomenon was observed for seven consecutive days above the top of the Potosi. Two arcs, one of which looks like polished silver and the other blood-red and bright as fire. One end of this arc ended in a spiral beam, the color of blood ... these signs were visible in Porco and potosí, forcing the Spaniards to discuss future events.
They thought it a bad omen: "the Oracles of the Incas were right - the strange lunar lights are really marked the success of the uprising and the death of Hinojosa, the Royal official"
Translated by «Yandex.Translator»
Original news
The following account appears in the chronicle Imperial History of Potosí, an account of the governorship of General Hinojosa, a royal official in charge of the silver wealth of the Potosí Mines of “el alto Perú” as Bolivia was known then. Any official with oversight of the continent’s greatest single source of silver was bound to make enemies, and Hinojosa was no exception. Two of his rivals, Sebastian of Castille and Francisco Girón, conspired to bring him down, and this is how history records the event: “…at the moment when Sebastián and Girón were preparing their troops for the insurrection, there appeared over Porco, threes suns and two moons appeared in the midst of a circular halo, and within the latter two blue and red arcs. On January 13, 1553, 52 days before General Hinojosa was killed at 7 o’clock in the morning, a great circle was perceived in the sky above Porco. it was entirely white, with a thickness of one span. The natural sun was somewhat reddish, almost blood colored, and the two lateral ones were very red and bloody, so that the sheen and the fire blinded onlookers. The two frontal moons (sic) resembled white moons with a reddish cast…the two arcs were blue and red, as they seemed. This prodigy was witnessed for seven consecutive days over the rich summit of Potosí, followed by two other arcs, one of them looking like polished silver, the other blood-red and bright as fire. One end of this arc terminated in a sort of spiral ray, the color of blood…these signs were seen [at both] Porco and Potosí, causing the Spaniards to discuss future events. Don Sebastián de Castilla and Francisco Hernández Girón asked the natives what these signs meant…the Indians, amazed, covered their eyes and spit into the air, saying aucca, aucca, mayccan apihuañucca, which means some ill omen, abominable action or hideous ruin…” The Inca oracles were right – the bizarre, moon-like lights had indeed heralded the success of the insurrection and the death of Hinojosa, the royal official.
Hypotheses
Halo
Halo usually appears around the Sun or moon, sometimes around other powerful light sources such as street lights. There are many types of halos, but they are mostly caused by ice crystals in Cirrus clouds at a height of 5-10 km in the upper troposphere. The form of the observed halo depends on the shape and arrangement of crystals. Reflected and refracted by the ice crystals, the light often turns into a spectrum, which makes halo look like a rainbow, but a halo in low light has a low chroma, which is associated with the peculiarities of twilight vision.
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