File Photo KDG
On this Day: October 1st 1958
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration opens for business.
Thanks for digital photography…
Category: Sky scapes
Moon rising , Merritt BC File photo KDG
The higher the latitude the greater the effect of the harvest moon. The northern hemisphere were we are has the benefit of diminishing daylight at this time making the effect more pronounced.
On this Day: September 25th 1977
Four thousand + people run the first Chicago Marathon.
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There is a partial solar eclipse on Friday as well ,however it will not be able to be seen from Merritt. Antarctica, Australia and perhaps parts of India the event will be seen . However if you are in a dark sky area the full moon in the summer sky should be enjoyable. The forecast is for clear skies all weekend with a hot 37 C in the Nicola Valley, Merritt BC Ca.
The moon will be completely full here in BC is 1: 20 PM…
On this Day: July 25th 1868
Wyoming becomes a territory of the US.
The sun west of Merritt, Red from smoke, of the 2017 fire season in the Sothern interior of BC File Photo KDG
A trip around the Milky Way galaxy center is called a cosmic year. Tonight the sun reaches its half way point in the orbit.
Our Milky Way galaxy is a collection of several hundred billion stars. It has an estimated diameter of 100,000 light-years. Our sun does indeed circumnavigate the Milky Way galaxy. In space, everything moves. There are various estimates for the speed the sun travels through the galaxy, but its speed is about 140 miles per second. Source earth sky news.
And it so happens that astronomers know which star the sun is moving toward in its journey around the galaxy. Our sun and family of planets travel more or less toward the star Vega – and away from the star Sirius. Unsurprisingly, Vega and Sirius lie in opposite directions in Earth’s sky.
Look for Vega at West to Norwest. One estimate of a Cosmic year is 230 million years; this must in our minds mean that the earth is subject to different influences over the millennia including gravity and weather .
On this Day: January 16th 1934
The Harlem Apollo theater reopens in New York.
Moon rising
File photo KDG
December 3rd, Sunday ,will see the years last full moon, and it’s last super moon as well. A super moon is a full moon when the moon is closer to the earth then normal. The event will be followed by two more in January on the 2nd and 31st. This makes a blue super moon on the 31st of January 2018. ( a good omen to some) science to others. There is more .:The last moon in January will be a full Lunar eclipse. You better plan a good new year party to be prepared for any thing…
On the Day: December 1st 1924
The Boston Bruins becomes the first American city to play in the NHL.
Moon rising
File photo KDG
Tonight will see an October full moon. Moons at this time are known as harvest moons as the ability to work into the night at harvest was a boon for farmers.
The moon will be full at 8:40:08 Central European Time or 11:40:08 Pacific Daylight Time.
On this Day: October 5th 1970
PBS is organized.
Signage takes workers to heights
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A long way up for the competing signs coming into Merritt from the North,
On this Day: April 21 753
Romulus founds Rome:
The natural wonder of this world gives credence to every moment of life. Kevin Griffiths
Today in History, December 21,1962
Rondane Park becomes Norway’s first national park
Recent sun set reflects forest fires to the west.
/Today in History, August 26 1987
President Ronald Reagan proclaims Sept 11 as ” Emergency number day”
The flag is still there. No it’s not the Cumberland River ,it’s the local concrete proprietor who hoisted this flag above the gravel pit they recently reclaimed with some seeding. The flag however placed , more than two decades ago and assaulted , taken and harassed at nite for a long time. The owner prevailed through a process of years. Greasing the pole, making it higher, numbers of trips, and flags. In recent years,there have been few vandalisms noted and it has become a local fixture. The main man in the story is a man named Henry an person from Scandinavia. Now elderly and retired both him and his wife Clara ( a former city mayor) are noted for both takeing (enterprise) and giving (jobs ,fundraising for skateboard parks, etc) they are less public now and have a comfortable retirement home on the same mountain side that supported the gravel business. Henry is seen to frequent the Middlesbrough Pub for light refreshments and lunchs.The pub occupies the same hillside and a couple of miles down. Now thats building a convient life through hard work and perseverance .We hope they both enjoy their golden years that they deserve. And is not always the result of efforts in the old world; where in part they and we come.
Today in History, July 9th 1947 Elizabeth and Phillip announce their engagement.
This view is of the highlands off Hyway 5 A in Merritt , less than 2 decades ago they came out of crown lands and into the city, should be a significant increase in the ability to expand the tax civic tax base. The tax base was quite heavily dependent on heavy industry such as a large sawmill in the city limits. this cosmopolitan mis of malls and light industry and service is a great boon for the lifestyle of the city.
There is a lot of land between this and the sky that is low-grade agricultural and some rezoning attempts to make smaller plots with restrictive covenants for hobby farms more or less failed recently. However the website sign is still visible in the style of “hollywood”.
Today in history, April 8 1946
Last meeting of the failed League of Nations.
Mars and Moon Merritt
This may not occur again for 60,000 years watch for it occurring from about 10 pm to 3 am till the end of August , full moon view great hey…
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