Possible photo op depending were you are!
Maybe photo op
A young moon with a sweeping length will be out tonight. Look west under Venus for a possible Photo OP.
On this Day: March 27th 1945
Operation Starvation begins.
Category: Space
Possible photo op depending were you are!
The sun will move across the horizon as spring moves to summer. Pick a spot to watch for it at sunset and you will see its weekly progress.
On this Day: March 20th 1915
The General Relitivity Theory is published.
At 8:49 PM DST in BC spring equinox will happen. This is the soonest spring in a hundred and 24 years. Making Daylight savings time more attractive then ever.
Happy spring
On this Day: March 19th 1885
A government in Saskatchewan is declared by Louis Riel.
There is a February 29th in 2020. Saturday will add another 24 hours to 2020 as the 29th sees its 4 year visit . There will be 4 year cycles that will not have a February 29th, three of them every every 400 years, but this one is not one of them. The next 4 year cycle that will not have a leap year will be 2100.
On this Day: February 28th 1983
MASH last episode draws over 100 million veiwers.
Full moon also a wolf moon.
The moon is full and its rising tonight. It will come with a lunar eclipse that will be seen in Asia viewing of the eclipse is poor in north America because of its time. A wolf moon is in some minds a traditions a moon that wolfs howl a lot at. The Moon to night is the first of 13 for 2020.
On this Day: January 9th 1431
An investagation for a trail of Joan of arc begins in Rouen.
Have a good weekend.
This weekend the Geminid meteor shower is peaking and on through the 19th of December. Mostly cloudy skies are for the weekend in the BC south central interior.
Look to the eastern horizon.
On this Day: December 13th 1962
Relay 1 is launched.
India’s failed lander has been found on the moon according to Nasa. The Vikram lander didn’t complete its landing intact on September 7th 2019 (North American time. ) There have been three countries make a successful landing on the moons surface the US, China and Russia. Only the US has landed people on the moon.
Google’s inexpensive landing…
Prizes by Google and donations saw Israel attempt a low cost lander. in February 2019. They would have been the 7th country to land on the moon, however engine failure in decent caused a crash as well. The mission was still deemed a success for various reasons. India’s attempt was also a low cost attempt.
Surface photos NASA
On this Day: December 4th 1998
The Unity Module is launched.
Office party time coming up…
One glass of wine can impair you for driving according to ICBC.
On this Day: November 21st 1905
The mass energy equivalent formula is published.
Large swings in temperature.
Arctic oscilation will drive swings in temperature regardless of El Nino or La Nina.
AO to you and its predictability is limited to a weeks.
Drought improvement in southeast US.
Flooding this last year lends to drought relief in some areas combined with AO.
Cold winter for Canada : Farmers Almanac.
Calculations based on the Canadian Farmers’ Almanac’s time-tested formula suggest that the winter of 2018-2019 will be a “teeth-chattering” cold one, with below-normal temperatures forecast for much of the country.
On this Day: October 24th 1946
The first photography from space.
October 18th 2019
A walk in space.
Friday the 18th 2019 two female astronauts arte going out on a space walk from the ISS. Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will replace a power controller that failed recently.
Broadcast
On this Day: October 17th 2005
The Colbert report comes to TV.
First to land on the backside of the moon.
The Chinese rover carried a biosphere with a number of plants to try to grow on the Lunar surface. Initial reports said that the experiment failed, however it is being reported that they briefly grew cotton before the plants froze. The activity was in January 2019 and a mission from Israel and India since have had limited results and failed landings since.
On this Day: October 8th 2016
The death tolls hits 900 from Hurricane Matthew.
The Fall equinox came September 23rd at the same time all around the world, (that’s equal). In the middle of the night at 12: 50 AM ( 7:50 UTC) the North American continent stood up straight to the sun and then began right away to tilt on its 23 degree travel away to the winter solstice. Have a great fall!
On this Day: September 24th 1935
First outdoor electric lighted Rodeo.
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