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Another year, another few bonsai pictures
The climate crisis, not to mention the various other current insanities, is tiring. Time for a change… Taking a leaf out of Ellen Hawley’s book, allow me to begin with an irrelevant photo. Here’s one, of the dawn sky that … Continue reading
Posted in Bonsai Diary
Tagged Aesculus Hippocastanum, bonsai, dawn, dwarf, Horse chestnut, kestrel, moon, tree
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Experience the numinous total solar eclipse
The Sun is 400 times the size of the Moon. It is also 400 times farther away — so both Sun and Moon appear to be the same size. It hasn’t always been this way; the Moon is moving away … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Core thought, Phlyarology, Science
Tagged anthropic principle, anthropism, Baily's Beads, coincidence, eclipse, Great American Eclipse, moon, Rare Earth, sun
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Wax off! (A lunar epiphany)
A couple of years ago, I had a minor epiphany about the Moon. I wrote a post about it at the time, called ‘How to tell at a glance if the Moon is waxing or waning‘. Since then, when I’ve seen … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Education, memetics, Science
Tagged moon, waning, wax off, Wax on, waxing
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A special place in the universe
This twenty-five minute video clip has just turned my world upside down. In one of my earliest posts on this blog, way back in 2007, I marvelled at the splendour of the night sky, and concluded that with so very … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Communication, Core thought, Education, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, Phlyarology
Tagged astronomy, Earth, homo fatuus brutus, moon, sun
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Travel beyond
The sea was calm, it urged me on Towards a future, bright and clear I tarried not, I had no fear My dearest wish, travel beyond; The universe it did respond It called to me across the sea Instilled a … Continue reading
How to tell at a glance if the Moon is waxing or waning
Do you know how to tell at a glance whether the Moon is waxing or waning? Well, if you don’t, I’ll tell you how to do it — but first, an interlude: So… I just need you to focus on … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Education, Environment, memetics, Science, Strategy
Tagged moon, waning, wax off, Wax on, waxing
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Lunar Lander
For two hundred thousand years, humanity trundled along. And then the industrial revolution happened — and things took off… I recall, as a young boy, watching the Apollo 11 Moon landing. I remember looking forward to the day when I … Continue reading
Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Games, History
Tagged Apollo 11, Atari, Lunar Flight, Lunar Lander, moon, Shovsoft
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The dark side of the moon
This short wibblette is especially for Sue of Dreamwalker’s Sanctuary, who wondered recently “What is on the dark side of the Moon?”. “There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.” — Pink Floyd, … Continue reading
When life began there were no Baily’s beads
This is the last (currently) of some articles I intended as a connected series. If you have the time, you may appreciate visiting the others first (assuming you haven’t already): We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Education, History, Phlyarology, Science
Tagged bailey's beads, circle of fire, Earth, eclipse, homo sapiens, life, moon
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Wibble 