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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Sept 11, 2015 6:53:36 GMT -7
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Sept 11, 2015 8:34:12 GMT -7
Russian carved wooden windows
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Post by Jaga on Sept 27, 2015 21:57:44 GMT -7
Guys, did you watch a Moon Eclipse? It was beautiful here in Idaho. It started before 8 am and lasted probably almost 2 hours. The visibulity was very good initially but then we had some thin clouds on and off. Still, we could see other stars also and many neighbors were on the streets with us watching.
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Sept 28, 2015 8:26:12 GMT -7
We watched it in New Hampshire last night. It started about 9:40 PM and continued to a dramatic red moon .
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Oct 1, 2015 20:21:31 GMT -7
From Facebook My sister Lyn took this! She lives in the boonies in NH so she saw it this well plus has a great camera:) Awesome pic Lyn:)
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Post by karl on Oct 2, 2015 5:52:47 GMT -7
J.J.
Your sister Lyn is quite the photographer, a very excellent photo shot...thank you for sharing..
Karl
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Post by pieter on Oct 2, 2015 14:14:29 GMT -7
Very beautiful,l sharp and magic John!
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Post by Jaga on Oct 2, 2015 18:23:54 GMT -7
John,
your sister's moon picture is really amazing. I was able only to see blurry moon.
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Post by kaima on Mar 10, 2016 19:47:11 GMT -7
Jaga, In the recent Feb 2016 eclipse someone figured out it would be visible from an Alaska Airlines flight to Hawaii, if that flight were delayed 25 minutes. This video is the result: with a newspaper write-up at www.adn.com/article/20160308/flight-hawaii-promises-prime-view-total-solar-eclipsefor those really interested. ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Skygazers from around the country caught a flight from Alaska to Hawaii on Tuesday for prime viewing of a total solar eclipse that will unfold over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific oceans. A dozen eclipse enthusiasts were among the 181 passengers on the plane that departed Anchorage for Honolulu. The rare event comes when the moon is close enough to Earth to completely block out the sun. Joe Rao, an associate astronomer at the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium in New York, called Alaska Airlines last fall, explaining that the flight would be in the right place for the eclipse. The route was expected to encounter the darkest shadow of the moon as it passed over Earth. Problem was, the plane would be passing by nearly a half-hour too soon. The airline said it rescheduled the flight to depart 25 minutes later, and it is expected to rendezvous with the eclipse's sweet spot nearly 700 miles north of Honolulu. After the schedule tweak, Rao and a dozen other astronomy aficionados booked seats for the big show at 36,000 feet. more at the newspaper link www.adn.com/article/20160308/flight-hawaii-promises-prime-view-total-solar-eclipse
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Post by Jaga on Mar 11, 2016 9:06:36 GMT -7
Kai,
I heard about the fact that they delayed the plane. I wish I was there. Referring to the moon picture on the horizon. It is so beautiful.... one of the reasons why it is so beautiful and big - we extrapolate the distance and the object on the horizon according to our brain is far away, therefore it looks for us so grandiose....
did you hear about crash course Astronomy? Check it out:
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