Sunday, May 6, 2012

Beautiful moon

It was a bright moon for certain sure.  As to it being larger?  I couldn't really tell.
But it was enjoyable watching it rise over the mountains. With a glass of wine, a plate of cheese and DH for company...very enjoyable. 
This moon this morning.


More home movies.



I shot some video.  It was awesome, but Blogger seems to not want to upload.  It was during practice prior to the game and Evie kicked a goal and then the whole scene turned into something out of Benny Hill, I could even hear Yackety Sax playing in my brain. 

She takes the ball and puts it on a kids head.  He then flees the scene flailing his arms.  The game is a foot and Evie gives chase.  Big brother who has been known to join the game, during a real game comes running to chase after his little brother as well.  It all ended when everyone had passed little brother, who then managed to do a face plant.  He was fine and practice continued.

Okay - Blogger is just being a booger this morning.  I can't even preview my blog. I'm just going to publish (if it will do that) and hope for the best.

12 comments:

  1. Yeah, the moon was big here but didn't look much bigger than other moons I've seen in our skies :)

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    1. Well, bigger or no, at least it had everyone looking up.

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  2. I went out a couple of times to see if I could get a view of this extra large moon but it was overcase out our way and I never did see it.

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    1. Sorries -- it was bright. DH was impressed I got the math right. What Math? I inquired. I confessed to regurgitating info... math please. That's why I married him... mad math skills are just one of his many skills ;)

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  3. “The math” I was referring to was your claim that if the moon is 14% larger than it would be 30% brighter. Since I’m a physics/astronomy teacher I just HAD to check the validity of that claim. The need to verify claims like that is one of the many hazards that goes along with the profession.

    In case you’re interested… The brightness of the moon is proportional to its area. So the area/brightness of the moon when it has radius that’s 14% larger would be (pi) times (1.14) squared, compared to a normal area/brightness of (pi) times (1.00) squared. The difference between those values divided by the normal area/brightness of (pi) times (1.00) squared works out to be 0.2996, which is 29.96%, which rounds up to 30%… just as you claimed.

    It was a pleasure sharing the moonrise and the wine with you. A very nice evening indeed.

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    1. ahahah I was just regurgitating information and I assumed it was correct. Thank all the gods that it was.

      How such an intutitve woman could fall in total love with someone so rational is still a mystery to me. But the gods know I do love you, without doubt.

      Such a silly man you are, rational, but silly.

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    2. "How such an intutitve woman could fall in total love with someone so rational is still a mystery to me."

      Happened here too. And the other way around. ;)

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  4. It was cloudy here too and I was looking forward to it too. The night before it was definitely large and bright as it came up. Glad you enjoyed looking at it!

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    1. I've seen moons that look larger when I'm walking Chester in the wee hours of the morning. But I guess they were not 'technically' full and don't count for the super tag.

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  5. It was a pretty moon, but I only caught a quick glimpse of it while I was driving. Sounds like you had a lovely evening. :)

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  6. I didn't get much chance to notice it. I was too busy dealing with the people made CRAZY by it. But for hippa laws I could have you on the floor laughing about some phone calls...

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  7. I could picture it! And with the music too.

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