The “Red Glow” after Sunset

Sunset for statins after AURORA?

Quantitative evaluation of "sunset glow" fundus in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.

PURPOSE To evaluate the color of the fundus quantitatively, especially the "sunset glow" fundus, in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease. METHODS The fundus of 39 patients (13 men and 26 women) who were diagnosed with VKH disease were photographed. The photographs were scanned by a film scanner and the amount of red, green, and blue pixels making up the image was determined by ima...

γ-ray burst after-glow: Confirming the cosmological fireball model

The recent detection of delayed X-ray and optical emission, “afterglow,” associated with γ-ray bursts (GRBs) supports models, where the bursts are produced by relativistic expanding blastwaves, “fireballs,” at cosmological distances. The detection of absorption lines in the optical afterglow of the GRB of 8 May 1997 confirms that the sources lie at cosmological distance. We show here that the n...

An Eclipse before Sunset

Mountain Village at Sunset.

During my travels to numerous countries over 40 years, I have seen many picturesque mountain villages with elegant and well-preserved houses perched on carefully selected sites on the mountains, and others located by a river or lake at the foot of a mountain. They appear remarkably harmonious with the natural scenery. Fruit trees or tea trees and crops such as rice, wheat, and corn are planted ...