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March 2015 Equinox and Solar Eclipse
Friday March 20th is an equinox day. This means that for those in the northern hemisphere winter is ending and spring has ‘sprung’ (starts). For our counterparts south of the equator summer is...
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NSTA @ Nashville
I’m in Nashville Tennessee for the next several days at the NSTA national conference. Planets and stars will still be in the skies but not as easy to see from downtown Nashville as it is where I...
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Perseid Hydro-Meteor Shower
I was in Tucson Arizona this past week and was hoping, while there, to be able to take advantage of the darker skies for some night photography including the Perseid Meteor Shower. However this time...
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Climate Change and Bees
So why the bee pictures? It’s all about climate change and the significance of these little residents that we share our planet with. A point is that climate change will certainly have an impact on...
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2017 Summer Solstice on Mars
A Martian Year – at One Earth Month Intervals Monday November 20th is the summer solstice on the planet Mars as the planet transitions from spring to summer during its 684 Earth day orbit around the...
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Imbolog 2018
Watch That WoodChuck! On February 2, we watch for the groundhog to emerge for reasons that originate from ancient Celtic tradition. Groundhog Day was known as lmbolog, or sheep’s milk, a time for...
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A Tail of Two Comets
April 1990 Comet Austin (1989c1) now getting brighter approaching naked-eye visibility. April 2020 Comet ATLAS (2019c1) predicted to brighten to naked eye visibility has now apparently broken...
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Earth Day – 2020
It is the annual Earth Day this year on Wednesday April 22nd. What exactly is Earth Day? “It is a day of political action and civic participation. People march, sign petitions, meet with their...
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Imbolog 2021
Watch That WoodChuck! On February 2, we watch for the groundhog to emerge for reasons that originate from ancient Celtic tradition. Groundhog Day was known as lmbolog, or sheep’s milk, a time for...
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Birds of Galveston Island
I like to hike and especially the higher the hike (not me!) the happier I seem to be. Less O2, or something in the way I am wired! I don’t know, but this past week my wife and I were at sea-level...
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