Famed French Impressionist Claude Monet created a striking
scene of the Normandy coast in his 1883 painting, Étretat: Sunset. Now, a team
of Texas State University researchers, led by astronomer and physics professor
Donald Olson, has applied its distinctive brand of forensic astronomy to
Monet's masterpiece, uncovering previously unknown details about the painting's
origins.
Olson, along with Texas State physics faculty member Russell
Doescher and Texas State Honors College students Hannah Reynolds, Ava Pope and
Laura Bright, publish their findings in the Feb. 2014 issue of Sky &
Telescope magazine, on newsstands now.