Babnanas 11: "Boo-boo's are OUT, Toast is IN .

[LegoMom3]

Good Friday morning [evening!] to you all! We're having a Halloween party at work today; I'm dressing as the Mad Hatter. And there's going to be a pizza-making contest, from what I hear. Apparently they really do the holiday-celebration thing!! No complaints from me.

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[kimmar067]

Well look at you two all chatty up there!!! Dang and I missed it.

Nothing fun or interesting to report in from here. PiO, beautiful pic of the balloon glow! We have a festival around here every summer but I've only gone to it once.

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...serves you right for stealing my toast.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Happy Halloween

 

[gwynne]

The next 3 days we are supposed to hit 70 degrees. We're planning to go downtown to dinner this week and enjoy a nice walk. Winter will be here eventually, but for now, .

 

[kimmar067]

...serves you right for stealing my toast.

....ah....SPEECHLESS, I see....

 

[kimmar067]

The next 3 days we are supposed to hit 70 degrees. We're planning to go downtown to dinner this week and enjoy a nice walk. Winter will be here eventually, but for now, .

...not quite 70's here, but close enough....I'll take it.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Still chasing the Aurora Australis.

 

[kimmar067]

....were you on MARS when this was taken?

 

[PrincessInOz]

....were you on MARS when this was taken?

There IS water on Mars!








I was at a spot known as the Blowhole at the Flinders Peninsula. It's about an hour's drive away from my place.
And....I should point out that the stars reflected in the rock pool are the Southern Cross on the LHS and the Pointers on the RHS. I don't think you can see the Southern Cross constellation in the Northern Hemisphere.

More Southern Hemisphere trivia. How to find the South Celestial pole.
1. Draw a line between the pointer stars. In the middle of that line, draw a perpendicular line upwards.
2. Find the long axis of the Southern Cross. Draw a straight line between the two stars on that long axis and extend it upwards.
3. Where perpendicular line from the pointer stars and that line from the Southern Cross intersect is where you'll find the South Celestial pole.

 

[PrincessInOz]

The closest I got to seeing Lady Aurora on the night of the 2/3 November. That faint pink hue in the sky is the Lady trying to appear. And yes, that is a meteor. The Taurid meteor showers were also happening.

 

[LegoMom3]

Are that many stars showing up in the pic because of long exposure, or can the eye really see that much?! I've spent some nights in far northern New England and have never seen a sky like that. Beautiful!

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[gwynne]

Love your work, PIO. Those photos are amazing!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Are that many stars showing up in the pic because of long exposure, or can the eye really see that much?! I've spent some nights in far northern New England and have never seen a sky like that. Beautiful!

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I can see a lot of stars in the sky but there are definitely a lot more stars showing up in the pic because of the long exposure.

 

[kimmar067]

More Southern Hemisphere trivia. How to find the South Celestial pole.
1. Draw a line between the pointer stars. In the middle of that line, draw a perpendicular line upwards.
2. Find the long axis of the Southern Cross. Draw a straight line between the two stars on that long axis and extend it upwards.
3. Where perpendicular line from the pointer stars and that line from the Southern Cross intersect is where you'll find the South Celestial pole.

....I know what THAT is....I'm a math teacher....

 

[PrincessInOz]

....I know what THAT is....I'm a math teacher....

Pssst.








It's Maths.












Oh wait.







You DID say you were a Maths teacher. Not English.

 

[LegoMom3]

I love how the rest of the English-speaking world calls it "maths"!

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[PrincessInOz]

I love how the rest of the English-speaking world calls it "maths"!

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And that would be......because it IS supposed to the "maths".

 

[kimmar067]

I love how the rest of the English-speaking world calls it "maths"!

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....and I thought it was just a type-o....

 

[kimmar067]

....We're having a Halloween party at work today; I'm dressing as the Mad Hatter.....

....well, you're halfway there....now all you need is the HAT.

 

[PrincessInOz]

....and I thought it was just a type-o....

Au contraire, mon frere! It's a Mis-S



























Although........
































.....here we are debating proper English.......and I'm typing French!