Cloudscape
There is supposed to be rain here this evening. This afternoon, the clouds were moving about - it was almost like a kaleidoscope illuminated by sunlight.
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Cloudscape
After today’s early morning rain, the clouds parted to reveal gorgeous rays and shadows in the heavens. Click on the image to enlarge.
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Pink Hoodie
Now that the weather is getting a little cooler, and since I have most of my fur trimmed, my hoomins got me a nice warm hoodie sweatshirt. Oh, and since I’m a girl, it’s PINK!
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A Cool 1956 Buick Roadmaster
At least I think it’s that year and model, from what I could see when we drove past it in Williams, Arizona. We stopped there to get groceries and fuel during our winter vacation. Verna snapped this picture on our way through town.
Williams is a really nice little town along Interstate 40’s high country, just an hour south of the Grand Canyon. It snowed for four days straight prior to our trip through town. This Roadmaster is a really cool car, don’t ya think?
Snow Bear II
After we got to the KOA in Flagstaff, Bear tested her snow feet by heading out into a couple of feet of the crispy white stuff. She had never been in snow before and actually seemed to like the adventure.
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Welcome to Northern Arizona
Today, we were experiencing more Global Warming here in Flagstaff. We’re currently in an RV Park near US 89 and I-40. Snow everywhere. Bear loved it.
Icicles as long as I am tall.
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The Mount Wilson Tower Cam
One way to keep track of the weather is to find webcams near the area in which you’re interested. Today, after the storm passed through, I took a look at the webcam on the Mount Wilson Solar Observation Tower. I saw this snowy fairyland and the observatory dome housing the famous Hooker 100 inch Newtonian Telescope at the left.
Here’s some history on the Hooker Telescope from the Mount Wilson Observatory:
The Hooker 100-inch telescope is named after John D. Hooker, who provided the funds for the giant mirror. It was the largest telescope in the world from 1917 to 1948 when the 200-inch telescope was built on Palomar Mountain 90 miles to the southeast. Many great discoveries were made with the 100-inch telescope Edwin Hubble’s refinement of the distance scale of the universe. The first optical interferometer ever used for astronomical research was used on the 100-inch telescope to measure the sizes of distant stars for the first time in 1919.
The 100-inch telescope has three optical configurations available to meet the requirements of a wide variety research projects. A very high-resolution spectrograph is located at the telescope’s Coudé focus. Located on the ground floor of the 100-inch telescope dome, the Aluminizing Room is used to recoat all of the telescope mirrors at the observatory.
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