It’s pleasant that people celebrate my birthday with fireworks. Actually Continue reading “Concolor”
Category: astronomy
Friction
June 30 is Asteroid Day, being the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska event.
Colors
The evening sky is rich.
Wheels
A street eclipse
As a grandstand for today’s eclipse, Continue reading “A street eclipse”
An evening scene, and an eclipse warning
The slender Young Moon will be close to Venus on the evening of June 11-
But first, I want to warn you Continue reading “An evening scene, and an eclipse warning”
Shadow over the north pole and the free city
On Thursday, June 10, the Sun will appear as a burning ring around the darkened Moon.
Continue reading “Shadow over the north pole and the free city”
The year’s first eclipse
Today’s eclipse of the Moon is visible across and around the Pacific Ocean.
The Damascus Gate
The worst result of the ongoing horror in Israel-Palestine could be an increase of “antisemitism” (as anti-Jewishness is called, though both Arabic and Hebrew are Semitic languages).
If I were living now where I once lived for a year, I would be terrified. Continue reading “The Damascus Gate”
Swimming up sky and up river
Little Mercury, elusive in the Sun’s glare, is becoming more and more findable Continue reading “Swimming up sky and up river”