Marfa Lights Explained

Marfa Lights Explained


billsoxs writes "The Marfa lights are ghostly lights that have been
observed for years around Marfa TX (near [0] Big Bend). They have been
the subject of [1] curiosity , a [2] source of tourism and [3]
scientifically studied a number of times. Now a group of physics students
from the University of Texas at Dallas ([4]UTD) have use small lasers and
traffic sensors to show that these lights are most likely headlights from
cars on a distant highway. The publication is in the [5]Society of
Physics Students website. The PDF of the article is[6] here.
(Unfortunately the related video is no longer available on the web but
more stuff is [7]here.)"


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Links:
0. http://www.big.bend.national-park.com/
1. http://www.crystalinks.com/marfa.html
2. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/MM/lxm1.html
3. http://www.theoutlaws.com/unexplained3.htm
4. http://www.utdallas.edu/
5. http://www.spsnational.org/societynews/societynews.htm
6. http://www.spsnational.org/societynews/utd_sps_report.pdf
7. http://www.utdallas.edu/orgs/sps/marfa.html