Animation of the blood moon.
A super (close to earth, Blue (twice in a month) and a total lunar eclipse today.
photo KDG
On this Day: January 31st 2018
A blue moon and total lunar eclipse occurs.
Category: Space
On this Day: January 31st 2018
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.
File Photo KDG
The Ursid meteor shower will be peaking on the 22nd, the annual shower has had up to a hundred meteors and hour in the past at peak and in will be radiating down from the base of the little dipper, (look up from Polaris)
The peak is the morning of December 22, but tomorrow morning or Friday morning (December 21 or 23) might yield some meteors as well.
The winter solstice will also be tomorrow at 16;28 UTC, 8:28 PST. The days ( light) will begin to get longer until the spring equinox in March and the summer solstice in June.
On this Day: December 20th 2013
The Chinese place a telecommunications satellite for the Bolivian government.
The Trans Mountain Pipeline people have a equal opportunity policy to hiring:
Worley Parsons Cord (WPC) is the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contractor for the Edmonton Terminal and 12 pump stations included in the Trans Mountain Expansion Project. Their work includes addition of four new storage tanks at Edmonton Terminal, 11 new pump stations along the route in British Columbia and Alberta and one new pipeline on the existing pipeline.
What’s your process for hiring the construction crews and related workers who will be building the Trans Mountain Expansion Project?
WorleyParsonsCord is an equal opportunity employer. Our process includes a very strong local and Aboriginal hiring focus for multiple reasons, including commercial returns to the communities engaged in the project, reduced travel risks by using workers and subcontractors living close to our construction sites, and creating a sense of pride among the respective work forces which results in improved quality. We have dedicated human resource staff that research local and Aboriginal labour sources and identify skilled workers who can bring value to our project delivery source: Trans Mountain.
The expansion of the existing line to Burnaby was approved by the NEB, the detailed route is under review( Chapter Four) by the NEB at this time. detailed route.
On this Day: December 7th 1972
The Blue Marble photo is taken.
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.
File: Photo KDG
Ever thought where the gold in your wedding ring came from in the beginning. It came from a collapsing star or a neutron star expelling its matter out in an ever expanding universe. It as well as your body are star dust. If that thought does not add sanctity to your wedded bliss relax it s normal to be concerned with the day to day of your livelihood, relationships and your space on the block. But for a moment take a breath and consider the forces and magnificence of your being, to be able to contemplate such things is special! The time involved and the energy that connects you is no cheap deal nor is the trust you made with that little band of space dust.
Rise my friends from the low things of failure and take a moment to check your course and see that it is worthy of you! Since being such a special concoction of star dust gives pause!
The person that you are or may be, one worthy of the wonder of all things! If you are perfect now and no longer in need of a quantum leap to complete you,that’s great. Need more spooky action to bring the right elements into your completion ? Just wait for the next gravitational wave to drive you , it will be along in good time.
Gravitational waves:
Some gravitational waves were first observed this week as distinctly coming from a collision of two specific neutron stars that collided eons ago.
The universe is alive with waves of gravity, spooky action is one of the terms of quantum physics you will have to investigate as to its meaning. KDG
Space-time can be considered to be the fabric of the universe. That means everything that moves, moves through it. In this model, anything with mass distorts the space-time fabric. The larger the mass, the larger the distortion. And since every moving object moves through space-time, it will also follow the distortions caused by objects with big mass. source Earth Sky News.
God Element bless you…
On this Day: October 17th 1814
Eight persons drown in the London Beer Flood.
Moon rising
File photo KDG
A lot has been made of the fact that the moon is just the right size and at just the right distance from the sun to completely shadow and block the sun out in a full solar eclipse. This rare even will be taking place again on August 21st. Vancouver start time is 9:10 AM ,ending at 11:37 AM giving about 90 percent eclipse.
The eclipse will be seen from North America however there is only a strip from the west coast of Salem Oregon to Charleston South Carolina on the east coast of the US where complete blackout will be seen. Nasa
Never look directly at the sun serious damage can occur to eyes. A pin hole in a piece of card board into a viewing cardboard box is the safest method, or wait for the TV broadcast.
NASA will cover the eclipse coast to coast starting at noon EDT
On this Day: August 16th 1930
The first colour sound cartoon is produced, Fiddlesticks.
moon rising 5/6/12
On this Day: April 14th 1986
Hailstones weighing over 2 lbs fall in Bangladesh killing 92.
Animation of the blood moon September 28th 2015
File photo KDG
Friday, (Saturday some places)that pesky full moon will be a harvest moon. The event is close to the fall equinox on the 22nd so the angle that it appears in the horizon will be smaller then usual.
The Earth’s axis is always tilted at an angle of about 23.4° in relation to the ecliptic, the imaginary plane created by the Earth’s path around the Sun. On any other day of the year, either the southern hemisphere or the Northern Hemisphere tilts a little towards the Sun. But on the two equinoxes, the tilt of the Earth’s axis is perpendicular to the Sun’s ray.
The fullness of the moon will be at 9:05:06 Central European Time, here it will be 12:05:06 PDT, Pacific Daylight Time.
Full moons are often attributed to strange events including a recent study by the University of Tokyo suggesting large earthquakes correspond to large tidal events, these events are driven by gravitational pull on the earth from the moon.
University of Tokyo, found that tides—which arise from the gravitational interaction between the Earth and the Moon—can cause changes that may trigger earthquakes. Source Time Magazine.
Editors note: Or the last tidal event triggered the big one meant for you…
Moon at three quarter August Merritt BC Photo KDG
On this Day: September 15th 1971
The first Green Peace ship goes to Amchitka Island to demonstrate against nuclear testing.
Cattle on the ranch at Merritt BC
File photo KDG
Beef cattle get moved about from summer and winter range. Being fed all winter on the ranch then being moved up to higher pastures to graze on what nature provides makes an economy that we all have a stake in ( except Vegans).
Most range access by road is controlled by metal grated cattle guards in this area however it is good to close any barbed wire fence after use if one is still in service.
There are a number of feed lots here in the Merritt area. The lots function all year long, they are used for dairy cattle that are being matured to two years before being moved to the lower mainland for milk production.
Herd laws make farmers liable for loss of stock not kept behind fences, there can be failure in fences, however collisions with livestock are less frequent now.
On this Day: March 17th 2013
The largest meteorite ever observed hitting the moon lands on its backside.
Sun Country, EV File Photo KDG
The Tesla roadster started the lifestyle attraction to EVS.
Jason a man about 40 was at the Voght street EV charging station last evening. Driving a 2015 used model of a Nissan Leaf he said it was his first time charging this recent purchase in Chilliwack. On the DC 500 Volt charger said that the charge would cost him 8 dollars.
Jason said that his car only had 3000 miles on it and was a lease back he paid 24,000 dollars for it and was not able to get a incentive payment as it was used. He was happy to have made it to Merritt from Hope on a charge from, saying his expected range is 125 KM an upgrade from the 1st generation Nissan leafs, giving a more comfortable trip over the mountains to Merritt.
He was continuing on to Kamloops were he expected to access another quick DC charger. He expressed happiness that there was money in the globe commitment to increase charging spots. ” It gave me the confidence to make the leap from may fossil fuel burning truck.”
We left Jason at a 97 % charge level with 12 minutes left to go in the 20 minute charge “It gos into trickle mode for the last bit so as not to be hard on the Battery. Jason also expressed confidence in the value of the warranty in the battery and ” I also have an extended one”.
Jason continued on with his female companion saying he also has BCAA. Jason seemed to be a well organized person. He expressed the hope and dream that one day Tesla cars would have an arrangement with Uber and driver less cars would be available on demand for a monthly fee similar to Net Flix.
He said that there is a book out on the life of Tesla motors driver Elon Musk, ” a reporter did it through interviews with a final approval before publication by Musk”.
Editors Note: there are many books on Musk available on Amazon, and !ndgo.
On this day: March 10th 1977
Rings on Uranus are observed.
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Thirty robins sited in the Merritt area on a casual count. Michigan as well, according to a twitter tweet. Forgive the poetic licence.
First day of spring in 10 days.
On this Day: March 9th 2011
The Space Shuttle Discovery completes its 39th and last flight.
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