A Day at the Seaside

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We had a day at Folkestone. I spent the day by the sea. Then I waited for the evening and my chance.

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Photo taken Portsmouth

Solvig — 2 years ago

Brown/grey brown striped observation of Jupiter made by John Willis on 4 March 1906 at 10pm. Willis has noted: "Shadow of Sat. I on disk". This drawing shows the shadow transit of Io. On the reverse there is a diagram showing the satellite position. One of 275 pencil, ink and colour wash observations of the Sun and Jupiter made by Willis in Folkestone between 1879 and 1906. https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8777048/brown-grey-brown-striped-observation-of-jupiter-4-march-1906-drawing