On Wednesday morning Joyce and I wandered outside before dawn to see the conjunction of Venus and the Moon. We took a few low-grade pictures, but before the Moon eclipsed Venus at 7:22, I had to head to work, so I missed the actual eclipse. If you missed it too, don't worry, your next opportunity will come around soon --- on Oct. 11, 2029. Now you may be thinking, "That's a long time to wait." But I assure you it's not. A twilight occultation of Venus by the Moon happened just once during the 20th century --- on Jan. 13, 1923. So see, you won't have to wait anywhere near as long as we had to wait for this last one.
As I said, Joyce and I took a few low-grade snapshots of the Moon's approach to Venus, but a guy named John McNair of Monument, Colorado captured the whole thing and sent his time-lapse video to SpaceWeather.com where they feature it in today's lead article.
As I said, Joyce and I took a few low-grade snapshots of the Moon's approach to Venus, but a guy named John McNair of Monument, Colorado captured the whole thing and sent his time-lapse video to SpaceWeather.com where they feature it in today's lead article.
7 comments:
Cool! You embed good!
Ha--I made a funny. Now you might think I was talking dirty.
You are actually my brother Buck in disguise aren't you?
Gladys--
That wouldn't be the Portales Buck would it?
Joyce--
Yeah, it's about time. "C'mon Baby, embed me."
Cool video. Joyce, you crack me up.
Bob: Answer... two different Bucks. Unless Mom had some sort of secret life. ;-)
And that vid? Waaay cool!
Buck--
Can the world handle two Bucks?
Lou--
She cracks me up, too.
"Can the world handle two Bucks?"
I could handle a few more, myself. A LOT more, actually. But I'd have to go back to work... so, Nah. I'll make do. :-)
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