Perseids
So I took the chase lounge, a sleeping bag and a flash light out into the middle of the paddock last night around 11pm. Facing the foot of the chair to the northeast, I set up shop. The sky was clear,...
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I had heard that mosquitoes track by carbon dioxide level. That would suggest the only way not to be found by mosquitoes is to stop breathing.I know of at least two or three fireballs that had passed...
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did a short stint of watching from the porch. saw a couple of good ones so I'm satified for this summer.It doesn't compare to watching Hale-Bop set over the shed roof for a whole month, but then how...
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Glad General note: behind on everything, not only because of self-imposed deadlines, but between this extended drought/heat wave (100+ F for weeks on end) and the air conditioning not only having...
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It sounds wonderful. The last time I came close to something like this was during my Outward Bound Camp, where we set up our own tents and all for 5 days, moving everyday (which means rickety...
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I think I already showed off by saying that, but I saw the solar eclipse a few years ago, in perfect conditions, nyah nyah nyah...
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Suddenly I am reminded of how my "vacation" of about three years ago, intended specifically to view the total solar eclipse in Aruba, somehow evaporated. I have never yet seen a total eclipse in...
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as defined by civilization being those who have the least ability to manipulate their environment. So they adapt to it or die. Is this not the basic key to our species so called 'success' on this...
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Hmmm. What you are calling civilization is what I call "culture," in the anthropological sense, which includes the tools and artifacts we use to survive in environments to which we aren't adapted,...
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I know i'm late - but had to share.... wheeeee! Streaks of light! Never ceases to amaze me - but I do enjoy it when the sky does strange things. : )I've seen one "wow" lunar eclipse (when the moon...
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okaystupid question ...are these perseids similar to the aurora borealis or something?i'm too lazy to look it up on the net. shame on me.
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are these perseids similar to the aurora borealis or something?They are a shower of shooting stars that come every Autumn more or less. They are supposed to come from out of the area of the...
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Going back to Eowyn's post [BTW, nice to see you],Quote: So what's a direct solar eclipse like? I've never been in one that makes the day darker to my regular eyes. : (Quote: I've experienced one full...
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Rhui chatar, what's that premise for that novel you thought was clever? you kind of trailed off without saying.It's not antitech, it's jsut tech's a tool for you and you're not a tool for it. there's...
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Mara,SLIPT by Alan Dean Foster - Jake Pickett is a seemingly ordinary old man, who grew up next to a chemical dump. The experience changing Jake, giving the ability to make things slipt. When Jake...
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Thanks Rhui Chatar, taht does sound cool. There's this short story i read somewhere that's kind of similar taht way, only the guy's just trying to get them to acknowledge that his power's for real and...
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