daisy7
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The moon is so gorgeous right now!!!...the clouds cleared. Hubby mooned me earlier just in case. LOL
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The moon is so gorgeous right now!!!...the clouds cleared. Hubby mooned me earlier just in case. LOL
http://www.jackstargazer.com/scripts0SG1037.html
This is pretty interesting:
Now the reason the full Moon always looks bigger when it's close to the horizon than when it's overhead is one of the grandest illusions of nature.
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But an even more fun way to prove this illusion is to bend over at the waist and watch the rising Harvest Moon upside down between your legs. Because, bingo, it will instantly look smaller than when you look at it right side up. The reason for this is still being argued. But believe me it's one heck of an illusion. So don't miss next week's three nights of the Harvest Moon and as Jack always says, "Keep looking up!"
I just took my telescope out during a break in the clouds, and after much effort and lots of praying, I was finally able to focus in on Jupiter (not as easy with a telescope as with the naked eye, sometimes) and saw it, plus 4 of its moons and even it's rings! Praise the Lord for success, as I'd never been able to do that, before! It was AWESOME!!!!!!! (They were all still pretty tiny, but knowing how far away it was made it so cool to see anything!) Wow! :woohoo: I also took pictures, but they didn't turn out as well as the ones posted, so I won't bother, lol.
Expect I will be naked and dancing with my open purse![]()