Today is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall — an event which marked the beginning of the end of the Iron Curtain, the Cold War, and the divisions between Eastern and Western Europe. Germany commemorated the day with a tremendous celebration attended by the heads of state of Germany, Russia, France, [...]
Archive for November 9th, 2009
Fall Of The Wall
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Ring Around The Moon
Posted in Science, weather, tagged Folklore, Moon, Moon rings, Science, weather on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning’s 5 a.m. walk featured a cool phenomenon: a ring around the moon. A china white half moon was high in the sky, and the ghostly, translucent, but clearly visible ring was a considerable distance out from the moon itself. The effect was liked a giant, lidded eye in the sky. According to this [...]
