Tag: "sky"

Globe At Night: Measuring Light Pollution with Human Eyes

Globe At Night: Measuring Light Pollution with Human Eyes

Want a chance to do some "citizen" science, contribute to an international investigation, and have some fun to boot? An opportunity is coming up in March: Globe At Night. All you need is your eyes….

 
Ben Burress

Post on Jan 16, 2009 by

Weather Mystery: Warm Rain and Icy Hail?

Weather Mystery: Warm Rain and Icy Hail?

For this past patriotic weekend, I was on the other side of the coast. Namely, driving from Washington DC into the rural wilderness of Virginia for a get away. It was not the man-made fireworks that grabbed my attention but the activity of thunderclouds. I was reading out loud as we drove down I-64 towards [...]

 
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Post on Jul 10, 2008 by

Come Together, Bright Planets, Over Me….

Come Together, Bright Planets, Over Me….

Depiction of a major alignment of the five visible planets in 1059 BCE. Photo By Ben Burress There are some pretty good "lineups" coming soon to skies above you. First of all, "lineups," or alignments, go on in the heavens all the time, though most often they are alignments of objects too faint to easily [...]

 
Ben Burress

Post on Jun 20, 2008 by