Josh got a telescope for Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun, the original 12/25 holiday of the ancient Romans). Sure, the sun’s bday is technically on Tuesday, but why wait when Mars is putting on such a spectacular show? Tonight, the moon is full, and Mars is a bright reddish disk [...]
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Full Moon Over Mars
December 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
Two Moons?
August 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Have you seen the email about seeing two moons on August 27? It claims that Mars will be so close to Earth that it’ll look like a second moon. I hate to break it to you, but it’s a hoax. This goes around every year or so. This year, in fact, there will be a [...]
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Solstice Moon, first quarter
June 22nd, 2007 · 7 Comments
I’m not one of those flowy-skirted goddess wymmyn types, but I do enjoy a good summer solstice moon. I shot this one last night from our balcony just to see if I could.
One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen was in a movie theater parking lot on Van Nuys Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, California, [...]
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