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Happy Solstice!

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Just wanting to wish everyone in the Northern Hemisphere a great Winter Solstice, and a great Summer Solstice to those of you in the South! Here in the North, our days will steadily be getting longer, even though Winter weather tends to linger for for a while yet. :D

And, as an added bonus, there's an eclipse of the moon tonight! According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, only the second to occur on a solstice since year 1 (the last being in 1638). Go outside and take a look around 02:41 EST, it'll be your last chance to see one until 2094...
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I look forward to longer days! :D
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We won't be able to see the eclipse in So Cal. We we've had record shattering rain (so a headline on Yahoo said) and there's plenty more to come!
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Well, that's too bad. It may be too cloudy here as well.

I suppose I should clarify what I said just a bit. Yes, there will be plenty more lunar eclipses to come, just coincidentally with a solstice...
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It's clear here but I doubt that I'll be getting up at 2:41. The moon looks huge at the moment.
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I'll watch it on TV in the morning. :lol:
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Here's to longer days! 8)
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jps wrote:Here's to longer days! 8)
Hear, hear!
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winston wrote:I'll watch it on TV in the morning. :lol:
Next best thing to being there, eh?
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#1 on longer days-with the rain and the general gloom,i am turning into a mushroom.....
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rickenbrother wrote:
winston wrote:I'll watch it on TV in the morning. :lol:
Next best thing to being there, eh?
Well we would not be able to see it because it's snowing here. :lol:
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cjj wrote:Go outside and take a look around 02:41 EST
Can't someone reschedule these things in the daytime? :roll:
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Turned out to be a very nice night for eclipse viewing here in Montana. :D 8)
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cjj wrote:Turned out to be a very nice night for eclipse viewing here in Montana. :D 8)
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On this year's winter solstice I really feel like the ancient god that goes underground for a while until spring comes. Connection with the seasons can be enlightening but it can also be tumultuous.
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