It’s the 21st! Good Morning.
It was beautiful…instead of going black the eclipsed moon turned a dark amber red. At 3:00 AM I stood at my window and watched it in all it’s glory, just off Orion’s upper right quadrant. The sky was wonderfully clear and, through my binoculars, I could see the shadowed craters in a dark red-grey surrounded by red highlights.
Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, and it’s the last day of Zappadan. Today is the 70th anniversary of Frank’s birth. So here’s some morning music to celebrate – Baby Snakes (recorded live in Munich):
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Posted on December 21, 2010, in Art, Arts, creativity, event, humor, Music, poetry, Video, Weather, Word from Bill and tagged Astronomy, Earth, Eastern Time Zone, Lunar eclipse, Moon, NASA, Northern Hemisphere, Winter Solstice. Bookmark the permalink. Comments Off on It’s the 21st! Good Morning..