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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Clouded out again
by Jay Eads 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

Weather looks to be good later this week so I am going to be at one of the Vernon Sites Thursday, Friday and possibly Saturday. I may swap Wednesday for Saturday if my daughter can be home Thursday for an install we are having done. On 2013-08-05 19:44, Chuck Hards wrote: > Same up here, Debbie, only a few degrees cooler. The clear skies return > after about 3 AM for a couple of hours generally, if you can wait it out or > get up very early. > > It's been sunny all day and I was hoping to get a peek at the sun when I > get home in about half an hour, but solid overcast just rolled-in. > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Debbie <astrodeb@???> wrote: > > > This has been the story since late June. Clouds and wind. and hot. > > http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/ZnLdgMNkey.html?1 > > > > >

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Comic
by D P Pierce 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

http://www.gocomics.com/redandrover/2013/08/04 Deloy

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Tooele solar farm?
by Patrick Wiggins 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

A few afternoons ago while flying over by the city of Tooele the plane "lit up" by a light source coming from below. I looked down and found myself looking into what looked like a partially complete solar farm and many of its mirrors were catching the Sun and redirecting it my way. I don't remember seeing any news coverage of this facility. Anyone here heard anything? Whatever it was I flew over again yesterday and it appeared about 3/4 done. Pretty impressive setup: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/solarwind.jpg Reminds me of the solar farm down by Barstow a few of us SLASers visited several years ago. patrick

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Comic
by D P Pierce 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Anybody want to buy a Meteorite-B-Gone? http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Edison/ Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Saturn's Rings, the 2014 Movie
by Joe Bauman 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

It's most impressive, but I don't believe them when they say there's no monkeying with the photos, no fakery. They show Earth with a beautiful backdrop of the Milky Way but I have never seen such a view. Earth is so bright compared with the background that all I have seen is the Earth and moon and the blackness of space. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 4:41 PM MDT Howard Jackman wrote: > I'd go! :-) > > >________________________________ > From: Seth Jarvis <SJarvis(a)slco.org> >To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Cc: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2013 4:08 PM >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Saturn's Rings, the 2014 Movie > > >This is a movie we're considering for exhibition in our IMAX. > >Seth > >On Aug 3, 2013, at 6:58 AM, "Ed" <utnatsedj1(a)xmission.com> wrote: > >> Here is a short story and a 2.5-minute video trailer for the upcoming 2014 movie "Saturn's Rings". The story includes an explanation of how it was made from existing space photography. It was not made with computer-generated graphics. >> >> The video is at double HD resolution so play it full screen. >> >> Enjoy. >> >> http://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/872-this-is-real-it-s-saturn-in… >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> >> Send messages to the list to >> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> >> The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. >> >> To unsubscribe go to: >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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Saturn's Rings, the 2014 Movie
by Ed 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Here is a short story and a 2.5-minute video trailer for the upcoming 2014 movie "Saturn's Rings". The story includes an explanation of how it was made from existing space photography. It was not made with computer-generated graphics. The video is at double HD resolution so play it full screen. Enjoy. http://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/872-this-is-real-it-s-saturn-in…

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Fwd: SpotTheStation
by Larry Holmes 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

6 min? S/B nice view. If Mother Nature cooperates. 73 Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: HQ-spotthestation(a)mail.nasa.gov > Date: August 4, 2013, 10:57:30 AM MDT > To: United-States-Utah-Salt-Lake-City-PM(a)lists.hq.nasa.gov > Subject: SpotTheStation > > Time: Sun Aug 04/10:10 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 69 degrees, Appears: SW, Disappears: ENE

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Liver & Onions Subcommittee Meeting
by Chuck Hards 03 Aug '13

03 Aug '13

Reminder: This coming Saturday, August 3rd. Noon Left Fork Grill 69 West 3900 South Salt Lake City I will call them early and get our long table reserved. Please join myself (El Presidente Grande), Sub-director Bau, and General Secretary Larry for yet another gathering of reasonably-intelligent life forms, as we discuss a broad array of timely scientific and philosophical issues as well as gossip, hearsay, and rumors. Bring something for show-and-tell if you like. A new eyepiece, ATM part, book, anything you think others might find interesting. Hope to see you there!

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comic - why Twinkies are smaller
by D P Pierce 03 Aug '13

03 Aug '13

http://www.gocomics.com/brewsterrockit/2013/07/30 Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Good-Bye Dark Skies in Eastern and Southern Utah
by Kelly Ricks 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

As another example of this issue, check out what happened to North Dakota as demonstrated in a blog by Robert Krulwich: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/01/16/169511949/a-mysterious-patch-o… My grandparents live right in the middle of this in (what used to be) the little town of Tioga, and it's not only the natural darkness they've lost: the whole region is now just one big messy sprawl of man-camps and traffic-clogged country roads. There's hardly a spare hotel room within 200 miles...unless you don't mind dealing with bed bugs. ~Kelly ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:37:44 -0600 > From: Jay Eads <jayleads(a)gmail.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Good-Bye Dark Skies in Eastern and Southern > Utah > Message-ID: > < > CANCdW8d5aODF6M5pk+Dg9_JVK2HE2xLdL2SbxsGXUaPky9w5MA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > There is a good discussion over on Cloudy Nights on light pollution from > fracking. Here on this map on this link: > > http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/rpd/shale_gas.pdf > > The map prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Agency, delineates the > extent of recoverable shale plays in the continental United States; > anywhere in a shaded area will more than likely experience increase light > pollution in the near future. > > In this link if you look at pictures 10 and 14 you can see what a well is > like at night: > > http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map-pinedale-anticline.html > > As stated by a friend from the forum: > > "Elsewhere notice the fleet of Halliburton trucks serving one fracking rig. > Note other structures, such as the stations to reinsert toxic water; it > cannot be used for cattle. The groundwater is contaminated and some > companies now provide citizens with bottled drinking water. The ozone > concentrations are higher than those in L.A. There are about 7,000 wells > (gas) with 3,500 more on the way. > > This is only the tip of one iceberg. The Upper Green is at the top of what > some call the Unita Basin, an area said (again, by some) to contain four > time as much oil as Saudi Arabia--not what they have left, but what they > had. As I've noted here before, all of eastern Utah is heading into The > Great White Light, and that includes all our beloved red rock country with > its many national parks. Anyone still want to retire to the Four Corners > with their 36' dob? > > In your mind's eye, extrapolate what you see in the photos to an area all > the way down to northern New Mexico and you can see why some of us are so > concerned. Bloomberg reports that in five to seven years we will surpass > Saudi Arabia in oil production. It's called the New American Gas and Oil > Revolution. It will go on for a long time, folks, and will...well, you know > what it will do to visual astronomy." > > Look at the images for the Jonah Field . . . image those stretching from > the Uinta Basin to southern Utah . . . > > http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map-jonah-fields.html > > Here is a link to the interactive map to the Upper Green (river) in > Wyoming. > > http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map.html > > In Utah this will kill visual and imaging in the areas it is going to > happen. > > >

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