hahaha Robert, kind of you to say “info” as opposed to another noun… 😉 In my “first life” I was a professional student…. MIT, ISU Pocatello, UC San Diego Medical School, ISU again, USAF, U Idaho, UNLasVegas……
but speaking of birds, they’ve stopped speaking hereabouts… so we need higher elevation than Treasure Valley ( we’re at 2600ft on the Boise River Greenbelt )
Need higher ground, as in Seven Devils, Snow Bank, Warm Lake, Trinity, where else ??
I ask this question annually because we keep hearing about new places to explore for high elevation birds =)
Larry
Thanks for the heads up sounds great larry what did you do in your first life you are .more then a bucket full of info
awesome reminder thx Brian…!!! we’ll be looking for it with eyeballs, bins, scopes, and listening for owls =)
thanks too for directions…..
I’ve been reading about Halley’s 1910 appearance when Earth actually passed thru its tail, the comet was readily visible to the unaided eye, and my reason for reading this stuff was because my other Big Hobby is family history / genealogy / and I’ve been reading thru my grandparents’ 107 letters during 1908 – 1923, and on 19 May 1910 all life on Earth would be terminated by the comet’s tail, whereas my grandmother wrote on 26 May 1910 “well I see that we are all still here!” hahaha
this from wiki…..
The 1910 approach [of Halley’s], which came into naked-eye view around 10 April[63] and came to perihelion on 20 April,[63] was notable for several reasons: it was the first approach [ of Halley ] for which photographs exist, and the first for which spectroscopic data were obtained.[16] Furthermore, the comet made a relatively close approach of 0.15 AU,[63] making it a spectacular sight. On 19 May, Earth actually passed through the tail of the comet.[95][96] One of the substances discovered in the tail by spectroscopic analysis was the toxic gas cyanogen,[97] which led astronomer Camille Flammarion to claim that, when Earth passed through the tail, the gas “would impregnate the atmosphere and possibly snuff out all life on the planet.”[98] His pronouncement led to panicked buying of gas masks and quack “anti-comet pills” and “anti-comet umbrellas” by the public.[99] In reality, as other astronomers were quick to point out, the gas is so diffused that the world suffered no ill effects from the passage through the tail.[98]
More of that history… this 1910 approach of the comet added to the unrest in China on the eve of the Xinhai Revolution that would end the last dynasty in 1911.
Just for fun,
Larry
I know a lot of folks are interested in most natural phenomena, so here’s another use for your binocs. Comet Neowise is putting on the most spectacular North America comet show since Hale-Bopp. This comet was only discovered on March 27 this year.
Right now, it’s visible with the naked eye in early AM hrs about 8° above the NE horizon (fist on outstretched arm is 5°). My wife & I have been watching the past few mornings from our front pasture. This AM, went out at 4 & it was readily visible & the tail was amazing thru binocs. It will move higher in the sky & to the NW & arise earlier, so that toward end of July, will be visible soon after dark.
It has a good chance to become a super comet (readily visible with unaided eye), last being Hale-Bopp (still have purchased-photo of H-B over Grand Teton in my office). And, I would say, it’s quite close now. If you miss it, your next chance to view this comet will be in just another 6800 yrs. I decided I better check it out now!
Brian Carrigan
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