What a gift, your piece from Alaska about astronomy, astronomers and looking into the night sky. The photos are another gift and the settings yet a third. Thank you. LA.
While you were enjoying and sharing Alaska, our 80 year-old president went to Ukraine and totally wowed us all.Flew to Poland and made a 10-hour train ride to Ukraine. What a guy.
Wow. I love your description of the Alaska night sky. I just got back from a quick visit to Arizona. I am a Vietnam vet and still gather with my Band of Brothers who served together flying Top Secret missions for the Army Security Agency in 1971. One of my buddies just lost his wife of 50 years. I dropped what I was doing, called one of our other buddies, bought a plane ticket from Minneapolis to Las Vegas, and the two of us drove down to Kingman, AZ where we helped shoulder the grief of our longtime friend. Three of us, sitting around a campfire under the Arizona night sky, rekindling friendships under the stars. The sky cooperated for us on those several nights giving perspective and meaning to our presence together. We may be just specs of dust hurtling through space and time, but capturing moments like these create memories that will last a lifetime.
Fantastic job of capturing the Aurora. There's a fb group in Eastern Washington that alerts the locals to possible sightings and they share their pictures. Someday I might be willing to brave the cold to look.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing the images, and the skillfully crafted essay that correlates astronomy with the preservation of democracy. As always, it is a joy and an inspiration to read your newsletters.
Robert.........Your waxing poetic about your experiences in Alaska...,especially in relation to the sky, and
its wonders. It brought to my mind something like that.
When I was a young teen-ager, I was smitten with astronomy, and visited the Hayden Planetarium
on a number of occasions. Then, they offered a course in Celestial Navigation, which I joined,. and was thoroughly excited about. Not too many years later came World War II, and I became an
officer in the US Navy, serving on a Destroyer for about two years in the Pacific. Then I was rotated
and was assigned to became the Executive Officer (second in Command ). of a new LST ship, and also
as its NAVIGATOR. in operations in the Pacific area also. After a while, I was promoted to be the Commanding Officer (at age 24). Life takes some strange twists and turns, but, it all came out
It's really great when you find yourself in an area with little/no ambient light at night. There are these dark spots (as seen from satellites) but there are fewer and fewer of them. Fortunately, I am lucky enough to go up to central Vermont from time to time and also south to the Caribbean. No Northern Lights though.
What a gift, your piece from Alaska about astronomy, astronomers and looking into the night sky. The photos are another gift and the settings yet a third. Thank you. LA.
Fabulous pictures. Thank you for posting. Wishing you a quiet week so you and Jill may enjoy the peacefulness of Alaska in winter.
While you were enjoying and sharing Alaska, our 80 year-old president went to Ukraine and totally wowed us all.Flew to Poland and made a 10-hour train ride to Ukraine. What a guy.
Thank you for writing. And thank you both for filling my bucket list vicariously! Clear skies!
The Words and the Captures are astounding. Thank you for sharing. Man o Man.
Wow. I love your description of the Alaska night sky. I just got back from a quick visit to Arizona. I am a Vietnam vet and still gather with my Band of Brothers who served together flying Top Secret missions for the Army Security Agency in 1971. One of my buddies just lost his wife of 50 years. I dropped what I was doing, called one of our other buddies, bought a plane ticket from Minneapolis to Las Vegas, and the two of us drove down to Kingman, AZ where we helped shoulder the grief of our longtime friend. Three of us, sitting around a campfire under the Arizona night sky, rekindling friendships under the stars. The sky cooperated for us on those several nights giving perspective and meaning to our presence together. We may be just specs of dust hurtling through space and time, but capturing moments like these create memories that will last a lifetime.
Incredible pictures thank you! Always shedding the most beautiful light on subjects most important to us!
Great Pics, thanks for including them in todays newsletter. And the message of patience in Astronomy, politics and life is appreciated and supported.
Wow! Not enough wows to do Justice to the beauty of the sky which you have captured! The first photo makes me feel the cold!
Fantastic job of capturing the Aurora. There's a fb group in Eastern Washington that alerts the locals to possible sightings and they share their pictures. Someday I might be willing to brave the cold to look.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing the images, and the skillfully crafted essay that correlates astronomy with the preservation of democracy. As always, it is a joy and an inspiration to read your newsletters.
A fantastic experience!
Robert.........Your waxing poetic about your experiences in Alaska...,especially in relation to the sky, and
its wonders. It brought to my mind something like that.
When I was a young teen-ager, I was smitten with astronomy, and visited the Hayden Planetarium
on a number of occasions. Then, they offered a course in Celestial Navigation, which I joined,. and was thoroughly excited about. Not too many years later came World War II, and I became an
officer in the US Navy, serving on a Destroyer for about two years in the Pacific. Then I was rotated
and was assigned to became the Executive Officer (second in Command ). of a new LST ship, and also
as its NAVIGATOR. in operations in the Pacific area also. After a while, I was promoted to be the Commanding Officer (at age 24). Life takes some strange twists and turns, but, it all came out
very well for me. Lee Fadem
Great photos and great analogy. Bravo!
It's really great when you find yourself in an area with little/no ambient light at night. There are these dark spots (as seen from satellites) but there are fewer and fewer of them. Fortunately, I am lucky enough to go up to central Vermont from time to time and also south to the Caribbean. No Northern Lights though.
Wow. Big huge WOW!