So, for those of us who can't, could you at least let us tag along
vicariously? I'd love to see a photo of the boats sailing under a full
moon. Try to get the boats and the moon, please?
Fair winds and clear skies on the 22d!
Bill B.
P-19 #454, Dream Catcher
Nampa, ID
TillyLucy@aol.com wrote:
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> OK Harry, you've got a taker. Someplace familiar, but that doesn't have a
> lot of artificial light around? Redwood City?
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> Dave Kautz
> P-15 #1632 Tilly Lucy
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> In a message dated 12/10/99 9:16:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, hlg@pacbell.net
> writes:
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> On Dec. 22, 1999, watch for a super bright full moon!
>
> This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter solstice,
> Dec. 22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full moon on
> the winter solstice occurred in conjunction with a lunar perigee (point
> in the moon's orbit that is closest to Earth).
>
> The moon will appear about 14% larger than it does at apogee (the point
> in it's elliptical orbit that is farthest from the Earth) since the
> Earth is also several million miles closer to the sun at this time of
> the year than in the summer, sunlight striking the moon is about 7%
> stronger making it brighter. Also, this will be the closest perigee of
> the Moon of the year since the moon's orbit is constantly deforming.
>
> If the weather is clear and there is a snow cover where you live, it is
> believed that even car headlights will be superfluous. On December 21st,
> 1866 the Lakota Sioux took advantage of this combination of occurrences
> and staged a devastating retaliatory ambush on soldiers in the Wyoming
> Territory.
>
> In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon, much more than
> the usual AND it hasn't happened this way for 133 years!
>
> Our ancestors 133 years ago saw this. Our descendants 100 or so years
> from now will see this again.
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> Weather permitting, a night sail on Dec. 22 might be a memorable experience.
>
> Harry
> P14 #234, Manatee
> Mountain View, CA
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