Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Reflections on the Mississippi River
My life has had the dial turned up for speed lately. I'm going to do a three part series on Breeze on my Skin about the river to calm my racing heart and remind me that the seasons turn. These last days before Autumn, I'm savoring lovely times along the Mississippi River.
Can you sense that something is just beginning or just ending? I had to look at these images closely to see what was really going on here. And I checked the date. Check out the spareness on the bluff in the background. Check out the soft green blush on the trees. It is April 18, 2017. A cool spring we had this year, and the trees are just getting their leaves.
The bluffs look like an animal's back bone at this time of the year. The sky and the river are nearly the same color.
Keep on walking. April 18th, five months ago and the earth was just waking up for growth. Lots of changes. Time sure is fleeting. If I think about five months into the future, it will be February. Past the autumn, past the holidays, with days getting longer again. This reminder helps we not feel so low about the darker days. They will pass too. We live in the land of beautiful seasons along the Mississippi River. And there is great hope in that beauty.
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Solar Eclipse 2017
Image of the Moon transiting across the Sun, taken by SDO in 304 angstrom extreme ultraviolet light on Aug. 21, 2017.
Credit: NASA/SDO
Last Updated: Aug. 21, 2017
Editor: Rob Garner
Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey
Gemignani)
Last Updated: Aug. 22, 2017
Editor: Sarah Loff
Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
Last Updated: Aug. 21, 2017
Editor: Marc Levy
The first image above is from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, SDO and all three are from NASA. I was quite thrilled to be part of this amazing phenomena though only in its penumbra. The sun showing for us in Minnesota looked like a glowing crescent when I used my solar glasses.
I went to Winona State University to do the viewing with about one hundred other people, students, teachers, and community people. It was a great viewing all together though a few clouds were a little threatening.
I ran into my friends, Jill, Ethan, Addy.
And then my little friend, Kinsley was there too with her Mom and Grandfather.
A gathering of friends and neighbors all viewing the natural world and science!
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