"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." - Gary Snyder
TOTALITY OR BUST! Solar Eclipe: Aug 2017 Whitehouse, TN
Camping out in the New Moon dark skies of Makena, Maui we made a little fire facing south east and watched the parade of summer constellations rise up in the east, one after the other, from 9pm to 3am - A Highly recommended study of the night sky! So fun to see the procession of the zodiac constellations and Planets as "they" move along the ecliptic. Spotted were: The Southern Crux, The Centaur - Alpha and Beta Centari, Scorpio with Antares, Sagittarius (The Teapot asterism is all I can identify in that one so far) Capricorn, Pegasus (The Great Square) Corona Borealis, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars - And towards the North East we watched the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) and Bootes with Arcturus twirl around HOKUPA'A (The Stationary Star / Polaris/ The North Star). I LOVE staying up all night to study the incremental movements of the starts, plantets, and Milkyway! IF you have never done this IT'S A MUST. Go set up camp somewhere DARK on a new or waning moon with a CLEAR EAST HORIZON and just watch the night as we turn through it. You will be amazed! Here is a shot of the Milkyway from May 24, 2020 around 3AM when it was vertical above the ocean..
NEW YEAR MOONBOW LA PEROUSSE JAN 2020
MoonBow and Venus March 2020 “Julia’s Cabin” in Poli Poli Maui