Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread Arlo Barnes
> > While they HAVE noticed that the sunset/rise moves N and south along the > horizon in spring and fall, Few have noticed that the moon makes that same > trip in a month. > So where is our moonalemma? I guess I have a Googling/Photography project now. > outside the normal flyways for airlines

Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread Steve Smith
Thanks Bruce! I knew that such a collision was a leading theory and it fits the questions I had... I didn't realize "Theia" was presumably as large as *Mars* nor that the same theories suggest that a number of such bodies might have existed and the Earth likely experienced a *number* of such

Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread Bruce Sherwood
Remember that the current consensus theory is that the Moon was ejected from the Earth when a Mars-sized object struck the Earth. Almost all objects in the Solar System lie in the same plane (the "ecliptic" plane), associated with the original disk-like concentration of material. There's no reason

Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread Steve Smith
Nick/all - While they HAVE noticed that the sunset/rise moves N and south along the horizon in spring and fall, Few have noticed that the moon makes that same trip in a month. Wise people have attempted to explain this with me using a beachball, an orange a grape and a floodlight, but the

Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread Steve Smith
day, December 20, 2012 1:19 PM *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise Nick - Nice thing to notice... My wife and I live very much by the sun, but not so much by the clock, so while I have occasionally noticed artifacts of the complex

Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread Nicholas Thompson
still can't make it work. Nick From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 1:19 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise Nick - Nice thing to notice..

Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread Steve Smith
hey are by then. Nick -Original Message- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of glen e. p. ropella Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:18 AM To: Friam Friam Subject: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise http://www.nps.gov/chcu/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?eventID=52

Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread Nicholas Thompson
@redfish.com] On Behalf Of glen e. p. ropella Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:18 AM To: Friam Friam Subject: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise <http://www.nps.gov/chcu/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?eventID=521654-4528 62> http://www.nps.gov/chcu/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?

Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread Pamela McCorduck
May I just say that Ranger Cornucopia led us through the park on one occasion, and he is awesome in his knowledge and enthusiasm. And well known for it. Pamela On Dec 20, 2012, at 10:18 AM, glen e. p. ropella wrote: > > http://www.nps.gov/chcu/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?eventID=521654-45

Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread Stephen Guerin
Thanks, Glen, BTW, here's a nice interactive exhibit link of the Sun Dagger project at New Mexico Natural History Museum done by Alan Price: http://www.solsticeproject.org/sundaggermodel.html On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:18 AM, glen e. p. ropella wrote: > > > http://www.nps.gov/chcu/planyourvis

[FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread glen e. p. ropella
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