Coming on the heels of comet McNaught was a nice crescent moon and Mercury on the 19th and Venus on the 20th.
I should have been ready with tripod and thoughtful composure. Instead, I saw it like I do most of my heavenly views, by chance. I caught sight of it while negotiating hordes of [...]
Halastjarnar McNaught / Comet McNaught
Original photo by Hrεiδar.
This picture was taken yesterday in Reykjavík Iceland, by pure luck and good karma I saw the same thing tonight near Toronto Canada. (click the pic for the original flickr pic). I wish I had my camera with me.
I saw it almost by accident since I hadn’t [...]
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One of the most amazing (imho) natural phenomenon on this planet is a sub glacial volcano. That is, a volcano beneath a glacier. I’m surprised that I hardly knew anything about them until recently. Underneath most of the glaciers in Iceland are volcanoes. When they erupt they melt ice from [...]
For the last week it has been colder in Toronto than in Reykjavík. Smokey Bay’s first snowfall has melted and Toronto west got their first snow.
It wasn’t much of a snow, just 5cm or so. Nice fluffy crystals.
So why do they dump all that salt? I hate the salt. Do [...]
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