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Join date : 2010-04-07
Location : Hawaii
Carol Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:19 pm
"This is what a photo with an exposure time of nearly 6 months looks like."
The highest arcs were traced by the summer sun of June 2011. The lowest arc was made just
today, Dec. 21st, on the eve of the 2011 winter solstice. Occasional gaps are caused by clouds.Tonight is the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest night in the Southern Hemisphere. The December Solstice, which marks the change of seasons, occurs at 12:30 a.m. on the 22nd EST (9:30 p.m. on the 21st PST) when the Sun reaches its farthest point south on the celestial sphere.
http://www.spaceweather.com/
THE AMAZING TAIL OF COMET LOVEJOY
Widespread reports of Comet Lovejoy's tail are being received from around the southern hemisphere.
The ghostly plume emerges just before sunrise, jutting vertically upward into the eastern sky ahead of the sun.
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What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night, the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
With deepest respect ~ Aloha & Mahalo, Carol
