(09-19-2018, 07:34 AM)pabrides Wrote: This is a heads - up , shipmates...
Have you ever seen Mars before? How about Saturn? How about Venus? How about Jupiter?
good hunting
Joe
Well, Shipmates, I went to the river last night about two kilometers from my home - the clearest safe area around me - about 20 minutes before sunset and scanned the heavens. The moon was already visible so I had my bearings. The sky turned a pale blue here and a pinkish orange there as the sun descended below the horizon and within another half hour all four planets peaked through our stratosphere. What a sight; Venus was brilliant, Jupiter echoed with joy; Saturn's rings seemed just on the verge of visibility; Mars blushed while very near the half faced moon..
It never ceases to amaze me when i think about the photons of starlight that in some cases have traveled for millions of years at the speed of light - and when they hit my eyeball they end their journey right then and there.
Smooth sailing
Joe