Landscape Colours, &c. 
Sky. 
Clouds. 
Land. 
Sea. 
- 
Direction. 
Before 
totality. 
During 
totality. 
After 
totality. 
Before 
totality. 
Diu’ing 
totality. 
After 
totality. 
Before 
totality. 
Dui’ing 
totality. 
After 
totality. 
Before 
totality. 
Dui'ing 
totality. 
After 
totality. 
Observer. 
1 
. 
i. 
Light blue, 
softened off 
to the hori¬ 
zon. 
Indigo with 
a drab col¬ 
our near 
horizon. 
Light blue, 
softened off 
to the hori¬ 
zon. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Distant hills 
grey, showing 
colour in 
patches. 
Very dark 
g"ey. 
Distant moun¬ 
tains grey 
with purple, 
land very 
distinct. 
Light slate 
colour. 
Dark blue, 
withagreen 
tinge. 
Light indigo. 
Fleet Paymaster, A. W. Askham, R.N. 
■ Staff Engineer, F. T. George, R.N. 
Lieutenant, W. J. Frazer, R.N. 
N.E. 
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Blue .... 
3.41 P.M., blue; 
4 P.M., pink¬ 
ish on hori¬ 
zon; 4.12 p.m., 
slate colour. 
As at day¬ 
break. 
Slate colour. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
As usual, ex¬ 
cept getting 
darker brown 
as totality ap¬ 
proached. 
Same as on an 
ordinary clear 
day. 
Dark brown, 
and hill 
blue. 
Normal. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Captain Whitmarsh, R.M.L.I. 
G. Birkeit, Writer. 
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Light blue, 
softened away 
to the hori¬ 
zon, slight 
tinge of warm 
colour near 
horizon. 
IndigO) with 
a drab col¬ 
our on the 
lower por¬ 
tion. 
Light blue, 
softened 
away to a 
warm tinge. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Slate colour. 
Very dark 
slate colour, 
greenish 
tinge in 
foreground. 
Indigo green 
tinge in 
distance. 
Fleet Paymaster A. W. Askham, E.N. 
- Staff Engineer F. T. George, E.N. 
Lieutenant AV. J. Frazer, E.N. 
S.E. 
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5 
Yellowish pink 
hue on hori¬ 
zon, and blue 
overhead. 
3.41 P.M., light 
blue; 3.45, 
yellow streaks 
appeared on 
horizon; 3.55, 
changed into 
pink. 
■Horizon from 
pink to vio¬ 
let hue. 
Slate colour. 
Nil. 
4.3 P.M., slight 
horizontal 
streaks of 
clouds ap¬ 
peared on 
horizon. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Same as on an 
ordinary clear 
day 
Dark brown. 
Light brown. 
Dark blue, and 
getting still 
darker blue 
near totality. 
3.41, blue. Yel¬ 
low shadow 
coming across 
fromS.; 3.57, 
sea very blue; 
4.10, horizon 
like early 
dawn. 
Dark blue to 
light blue. 
Light blue. 
Captain Whitmarsh, E.M.L.I. 
Lance-Corporal Wade, E.M.L.I. 
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Light blue, soft¬ 
ened away to 
the horizon, 
slight tinge of 
warm colour 
near horizon. 
Indigo, slight 
drab colour 
on lower 
portion. 
Light blue, 
softened 
away to a 
warm tinge. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Mountain s 
dark pur¬ 
ple, looking 
grey middle 
distance, 
and fore¬ 
ground very 
dark grey. 
Mountains 
purple grey. 
Foreground 
similar col¬ 
ours, but 
darker. 
Slate colour. 
Dark blue (in¬ 
digo), with 
a green 
tinge. 
Blue, with 
touches of 
indigo and 
cobaltgi'een. 
Lieutenant AY. J. Frazer, E.N. 
'Fleet Paymaster A. AY. Askham, K.N. 
Staff Engineer F. T. George, E.N. 
S.W. 
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Yellow shadow 
extending 
across from 
AY. to S, 
Horizon light 
grey, shading 
off to blue 
overhead. 
As at day¬ 
break. 
Blue. 
Horizontal grey 
streaks over 
the hills S. of 
W. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Normal, with 
grey haze 
creeping over. 
Hill in the dis¬ 
tance W.S.W. 
almost ob¬ 
scured. 
Brownish hue. 
Dark fawn, 
hills blue. 
Normal, as 
would usu¬ 
ally appear 
after a 
shower. 
Yellow shadow 
extending 
from S. to W. 
Horizons., yel¬ 
low shade; 
4.10 P.M., 
dark blue. 
Dark blue. 
Blue. 
Captain Whitmarsh, R.M.L.I. 
Daniel Green, Ship’s Steward. 
5 
Light greenish 
blue. 
Indigo, \vith 
a fawn col¬ 
our tinge 
on lower 
portion. 
Very light 
blue. 
Slight streaks 
of cloud near 
horizon. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Distant moun¬ 
tains grey. 
Distant hills 
grey, fore¬ 
ground dar- 
ker grey. 
Distant hills 
purple, fore¬ 
ground nor¬ 
mal colour. 
Blue, with a 
slight green 
tinge. 
Indigo, vith 
a green 
tinge. 
Light slate 
blue tinged 
with green. 
Lieutenant AA^. J. Frazer, E.N. 
-Fleet Paymaster A. AY. Askham, li.N. 
Staff Engineer F. T. George, K.N. 
N.W. 
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Blue overhead, 
distance grey, 
similar to 
early dawn. 
Very dark 
blue over¬ 
head, and 
like day 
breaking 
over the 
hills. 
Not so blue 
as during 
totality; 
over the 
hills, light 
grey. 
Horizontal grey 
gi-ey streaks 
over the hills. 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Greyish blue 
haze creeping 
over the hills. 
Hills slate 
colour, fore¬ 
ground dark 
brown. 
Hills brown, 
foreground 
usual col¬ 
our. 
Nil. 
j 
Nil. 
Nil. 
Captain WHITMARSH, R.M.L.I. 
