Saturday, September 6, 2014

a Sorta Silent Saturday slice of Sience



'Fire rainbows' are a rare phenomenon that only occur when the Sun is higher than 58° above the horizon and its light passes through cirrus clouds made of ice crystals. At the right alignment, the ice crystals act as a prism, and refract the light to look like a rainbow. Photo by Livescience.

then and now, here and now

        Long ago, but not so far away, actually out on the front porch every Friday and Saturday night neighbors would gather. The air wou...