Monday, November 25, 2013

"Good Night, Moon"

Waning Gibbous

56% Full

21.6 Day Old Moon

January 24, 2011

Waning gibbous moon at Port Lockroy, Antarctica during it's Austral Summer.




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Friday November 15, 2013 CharlestownRI 

(Current Weather Conditions)

A stunning photo I captured of Comet ISON this morning from Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA. -Scott

It rounds the Sun on Thanksgiving.

By Meeri KimSunday, November 24, 6:10 PM


As Comet ISON hurtles toward the sun, (click here) its million-year-long journey through our solar system may end with its violent death — or a spectacular sky show.
On Thanksgiving, when the comet rounds the sun, professional and amateur astronomers alike will await ISON’s fate with bated breath. Its tail may get ripped off by a cloud of solar particles, or the sun’s brutal radiation and pressure may demolish it completely....