“We didn’t have to go outside,” Fairy commented while pointing to a window in our loft. There the bright Jupiter and Venus peered, next to each other, through our window. We had just come back into our condo after dressing up for the cold, Colorado air to look at them outside. Still, it was worthContinue reading “Planetary Windopeakers”
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Capricious Crescent
Venus and an impish, grinning Moon in the twilight sky tried to entice us to head out on our early morning walk; never mind the clouds that covered the rest of the sky. But then a distant flash of lightning followed seconds later by a low rumble warned of an approaching storm. We returned toContinue reading “Capricious Crescent”
Summer Moon
The Moon seemed low and remote, colored yellow by the thick atmosphere tainted with Sahara dust. Though it is summer, it looked more like a winter scene, perhaps because the nearly-full Moon is far to the south, low to the horizon where the Sun would be in winter. #winter #moon #summer
Planetary Parade
The Moon walked slowly along the ecliptic path between Saturn and Venus yesterday. Soon its thin grin will appear in the evening sky leisurely marching by Jupiter and Mars in the west. #moon #venus #saturn #mars #jupiter #ecliptic
To Graze the Moon
The predawn sky offers momentary sights of pink and red colors on clouds and contrails in the sky. I have been on flights that flew through the colorful morning clouds and marveled at their glory. In a curious alignment recently, this pink contrail grazed the top of the moon to provide a rare sight muchContinue reading “To Graze the Moon”
Mercurial Moment
The morning of April 25, 2025, the thin, crescent Moon lay within a triangle framed by Venus, Saturn, and Mercury, but I was nearly denied the opportunity to see this event. At first, clouds below the Moon hid Mercury from view. It was a race to see if the clouds would disappear before Mercury wasContinue reading “Mercurial Moment”
Eclipse Trio
Last night as advertised, the Moon slipped behind Earth’s shadow to become dark and red, then emerged to regain its full brilliance. These three photos show the moon on the right as it was entering Earth’s shadow, in the middle fully within the shadow, and on the left as it was leaving the shadow. ItContinue reading “Eclipse Trio”
Dark Moon
Tonight, March 13/14, 2025, the full Moon will pass through the Earth’s shadow, and for more than hour it will appear dark reddish-orange, resembling dried blood. That’s why it is often called a “Blood Moon.” Then it slowly emerges from the shadow to return to its full brilliance. The complete process takes about four hours.Continue reading “Dark Moon”
Twenty Years and a Day
On February 9, 2005, I took this photo shortly after sunset. It was a rare catch of the skinny crescent just a day past new moon. It was twenty years ago plus a day. Phases of Moon and Manby Howard EskildsenThe ancient moon drifts through the skyIts phases changing all the while Waxing and waningContinue reading “Twenty Years and a Day”
Winter Moon
The moon was full Tuesday morning, but not from “eating” Mars the night before. See: https://eskildoodle.com/2025/01/12/moon-eats-mars-tomorrow-night/. It’s mid winter with short days and cold weather but by the next full moon in February, days will be noticeably longer and lengthening rapidly with the promise of warmer temperatures to come. Mars did disappear behind the moonContinue reading “Winter Moon”
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