Pace on Earth

Stand Down At Sundown

Depending on where you are in the world you may have had the opportunity to see the a total eclipse of the sun today. No such luck for those of us in North America but we probably wouldn't have even paid attention to it anyways....

I read some news reports and the very best places to view it were in the Eastern Mediterranean (Greece, Cyprus, Turkey). We may have taken the time to leave our desks to go sneak a peek at the spectacle but those crazy Turks were undoubtedly screaming on the beach. And frankly it is something to marvel at...the cosmic dance. A total solar eclipse occurs when the new moon passes directly in front of the sun. The moon is about 1/4 the size of the earth and the sun is about 109 times larger then the Earth. To figure out how it is possible for such a small body to block such large body stick you thumb out and block your coworkers head with it...I am currently crushing Jackman's skull with my fingers.

In related news...the big sun was shining brightly in the Beach yesterday and as I ran across the bridge it was setting upriver behind Currie Mountain. Coincidentally, Currie Mountain is 109 times the size of the compost heap in our backyard.

Betelgeuse

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posted by Vitamin S @ 10:24 p.m.