Actually Joe, looking to the west past the smoke cloud it looks clear. If Lakeside is far enough west you could have a fine view of everywhere but east. Speaking of the smoke cloud, as I walked out of a local store here in Stansbury a few minutes ago I saw the normally black parking lot was grey. I thought "What the heck?". It took a moment to figure out the grey was from the falling ash. But thinking back on that what-the-heck moment, I can't help but wonder if that was the last thought the citizens of Herculaneum and Pompeii had as they walked outside to see why it was getting dark. patrick On 13 Aug 2013, at 17:04, Joe Bauman wrote:
Our Jeep was packed and I planned to try again for Lakeside because the air was relatively clear this morning. Some friends and I went to lunch and a movie in Bountiful and when we emerged, I realized I had no chance tonight. I'll have to unpack and wait till September. -- Joe
------------------------------ On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 3:51 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Funny you should ask, Chuck,
I was just out changing the water in the various bird baths I have around my place and happened to notice the Sun's reflection in one of them:
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/sun.jpg
As usual the image does not do the actual scene justice. But you can get an idea of how red the Sun's looking. The small white piece to the lower left of the Sun dropped into the water as I was about to take the picture. Turned out to be a piece of ash.
There's also an elongated dark colored mass to the Sun's lower right. Doesn't look like ash. Rather more like a specimen a bird left behind. :)
The Sun is so red that the ground all around has a reddish glow. The plume itself is obvious stretching from the source to the SW, through the zenith and on to the NE. But that's not all that's up there. There's some very impressive cloud building going on too.
BTW, IMO is showing that as of an hour ago the Perseid's still had a ZHR of 70 ±8.
patrick
On 13 Aug 2013, at 15:06, Chuck Hards wrote:
6300 acres and spreading, looks like it's reached the peak of the Stansbury mountains and may be moving down the other side toward Hickman.
The plume is now moving ENE and is bisecting the SL valley at high altitude. I can smell smoke, but it's not as strong as one would expect.
Patrick (or anyone else in or near Tooele or Grantsville), what's the situation over there? Looks pretty bleak from this side of the Oquirrhs. I'm wondering if this fire could actually make it to Grantsville...
No sun viewing for me this afternoon. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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