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Narrator: Without stars, fred would presumably await the next available sighting, Just as navigators do today. He'd measure the angle of the sun with a modified mariner's sextant, Note the time and calculate a line of position. In this case, an estimate of longitude, not latitude. Gillespie: Noonan knows
that he is somewhere on
this line and that line is 90 degrees to the rising sun, The sun rises at 67
degrees, the line goes
337 degrees this way, 157 degrees this way
that he is somewhere on
this line and that line is 90 degrees to the rising sun, The sun rises at 67
degrees, the line goes
337 degrees this way, 157 degrees this way
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Narrator: Without stars,
fred would presumably await
the next available sighting,
00:00:05.121 --> 00:00:07.188
Just as navigators do today.
00:00:08.324 --> 00:00:11.826
He'd measure the angle of
the sun with a modified
mariner's sextant,
00:00:13.196 --> 00:00:16.013
Note the time and calculate
a line of position.
00:00:17.567 --> 00:00:20.584
In this case, an estimate
of longitude, not latitude.
00:00:22.221 --> 00:00:26.991
Gillespie: Noonan knows
that he is somewhere on
this line and that line is
00:00:27.026 --> 00:00:29.293
90 degrees to the rising sun,
00:00:29.329 --> 00:00:34.231
The sun rises at 67
degrees, the line goes
337 degrees this way,
00:00:34.834 --> 00:00:36.584
157 degrees this way.
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Movie Summary
Deep-sea explorer Dr. Robert Ballard attempts to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance in an effort to end speculation about what actually happened to her.
