Mike, No matter how cold it gets, and no matter how much it snows in NE or CO, there is always one place that’s colder and snowier — Antarctica, where these pictures of a “Frozen Wave” were taken. One wild-eyed blogger claims that these show an ocean wave that punctured the sea ice and froze […]
Michael, Some of us are still not jaded by good lunar eclipse pictures–see this one. Admittedly, it’s not a “purist’s” (no digital fiddling) picture, but few of them are these days. It’s a combination of a telescopic view (showing Jennifer’s stars) and a filtered camera shot. –rakkity *************** I’m tacking this photo onto rak’s post. […]
Mike, It was misty, but we could see the moon being eclipsed. The mists took away the color, so it looked grey to the eye, and even through binocs.In my picture from our front yard (attached) without any fiddling of the saturation of the digital data, the moon is clearly red . The moon is […]
Mike, It was misty, but we could see the moon being eclipsed. The mists took away the color, so it looked grey to the eye, and even through binocs.In my picture from our front yard (attached) without any fiddling of the saturation of the digital data, the moon is clearly red . The moon is […]
Michael, According to the Acton web page, it’s clear right now. Tomorrow is supposed to be mostly cloudy, with clearing on Thursday. With luck you might be able to watch the lunar eclipse Wednesday night. Out here in the west, it will be visible at dusk, but in the eastern US, you’ll see it around […]
Michael, In case you have some time to be spared between shots of colorful vegetables, take a look at some of these strange photos of odd earthly objects seen from space. For your next backyard project, maybe you and Matt can construct something unusual that can be seen from space, and that will find its […]
Michael, In case you have some time to be spared between shots of colorful vegetables, take a look at some of these strange photos of odd earthly objects seen from space. For your next backyard project, maybe you and Matt can construct something unusual that can be seen from space, and that will find its […]
 Michael, This afternoon Beth and I went for a walk around Boulder’s Walden Ponds (yes I know Massachusetts has that name trademarked. Sorry.), and we were studying the Canada Geese that thrive there. At first glance, one of the geese seemed to have a ribbon around its neck. But no, it appeared to be […]
Mike, I just got a new monitor, and with the increased acreage staring me in the face, I was moved to replace my desktop with a spectacular photo I took last November of the Beartooth Boys in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. –rakkity
Mike, I just got a new monitor, and with the increased acreage staring me in the face, I was moved to replace my desktop with a spectacular photo I took last November of the Beartooth Boys in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. –rakkity
Hi Mike, You early risers can catch a nice venus-jupiter conjunction. Tomorrow before sunrise will, strictly speaking, be about 2 days post-conjunction, but it still should be a pretty sight. If you can’t get down low enough in the sky, you might catch the slim crescent moon drifting by orange Antares. Look to the east […]
Michael, On hearing that he is an 8th cousin of Dick Cheney, Barack Obama said, tongue in cheek, “Every family has a black sheep.” Lynne Cheney tells about the relationship. The details of the ancestry were written up in the Bowie Blade News: An interesting side note–the place where Obama’s and Cheney’s common ancestor, Mareen […]