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That´s something else, it´s the general description of the reflectivity of a planet. I think it is 0.39 for earth. I´m not sure that I agree Jostein that the albedo increases during winter. I though we were able see the "Dark side of the moon" because of the clear, clean air and low sun durin

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Amita Guha wrote: > Thanks to you fine folks, I finally got a decent shot of the moon: > > http://www.beyondthepath.com/photos/misc/moon.jpg > > 400mm, f/5.6, didn't record the speed but it was probably 1/250 or > 1/500. > > Amita woo woo you sure did! congrats! ann the envious

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Earthshine = Earth albedo. Regards, Bob... "Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?" -Martin Luther From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PR

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- Original Message - From: "Dag T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Not that hard > > Check this one out: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1769453 > > I don´t know the name in English, but translated from Norwegian it´s > called "ash light". I think Earthshine is the English term. Qu

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;Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 4:27 AM Subject: Re: my first moon shot > both cited definitions on the URL are wrong. i cited a reference from 1528. > that is the earliest any English scholars knew of from my reference

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Hi, Monday, September 22, 2003, 2:58:34 AM, you wrote: >> >> To me at least, "Once in a blue moon" always meant rarely, not never > Indeed. And that would be true for all of us alive today. I've always taken it to mean 'never'. Perhaps you have more blue moons on your side of the ocean bl

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ROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:15 PM Subject: Re: my first moon shot > About once very two and a half years. > > <http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20010302.html> > > Hmm. I wonder just how old the phrase is. Anyone with an > OED care to look up the earliest collected reference?

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About 6 decades... Regards, Bob... "Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?" -Martin Luther > From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PR

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From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'm not for one moment questioning that. I was merely referring to the > widely-held belief that a blue moon is the second moon in a calendar month. > That's only been around for a decade or two. Regards, Bob... --

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> > To me at least, "Once in a blue moon" always meant rarely, not never About once very two and a half years. > Indeed. And that would be true for all of us alive today. > But according to at least one source the original meaning > some centuries ag

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> > To me at least, "Once in a blue moon" always meant rarely, not never Indeed. And that would be true for all of us alive today. But according to at least one source the original meaning some centuries ago was closer to "never" than "rarely". That's not certain, but dealing with meaning sh

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>well, then you and i both remember the older meaning. i was very surprised to hear the first time that it meant the second full moon in a month. that happens "all the time" by comparison the original definition. the new meaning was represented to me as having meant that for a long time. >Herb

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/jcoconnell.com -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 8:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: my first moon shot well, then you and i both remember the older meaning. i was very surprised to hear the first time th

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ime. Herb - Original Message - From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 7:56 PM Subject: Re: my first moon shot > > I'm not for one moment questioning that. I was merely referring to the > wid

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Not that hard Check this one out: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1769453 I don´t know the name in English, but translated from Norwegian it´s called "ash light". It is fairly common with a thin moon just before or after sunrise or sunset, and shows the surface of the moon lit by a

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>That would be a tough one to photograph, though. >-frank >>Dag T wrote: >> "Dark side of the moon" > A new career for you, frank. Rabbit-eared astronaut! Marnie aka Doe

Re: Moons & Mountains ( Re: my first moon shot )

Hi, Amita, Tom and I have been going at it off-list. He came up with some others, but that would be cheating. That's the only American one that I came up with that wasn't on your list was Poconos. Don't forget, the Appalachians go up into Canada as well. The Laurentians of Quebec are the most

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That would be a tough one to photograph, though. -frank Dag T wrote: > "Dark side of the moon" > -- "Hell is others" -Jean Paul Sartre

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More about blue moons than you ever wanted to know: http://www.griffithobs.org/IPSBlueMoon.html Now I don't want to hear about the subject again in a blue moon (original meaning). :) Herb Chong wrote: you don't know the history of the term "once in a blue moon". it was literally a blue moon an

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ANother cite (which says you are both right): http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=blue%20moon At 08:55 AM 9/21/2003 -0700, you wrote: Cite! Cult (essentially pseudo pagan) reference... http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~BLUEMAGI/blue-moon-history.html Pseudo scientific reference. http://www.angelf

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On 21/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >> >>> Anyone think of any other Moon Songs that could be photographed? >> >>Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield) > >Moon at the Window (Joni Mitchell) Penumbra Moon (Justin Hayward) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||

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EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: my first moon shot Chris Stoddart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone think of any other Moon Songs that could be photographed? Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield) Moon at the Window (Joni Mitchell) (I posted this earlier but it didn't seem to make it through)

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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: my first moon shot Chris Stoddart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone think of any other Moon Songs that could be photographed? Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield) Moon at the Window (Joni Mitchell) (I posted this earlier but it didn't seem to make it thro

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Sorry, that would be... Cite! Cult (essentially pseudo pagan) reference... http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~BLUEMAGI/blue-moon-history.html Pseudo scientific reference. http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/amethystbt/moonbluemoon.html Real scientific reference (cut and paste). http://www.sciam.com/askex

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Hi, Sunday, September 21, 2003, 4:12:52 PM, you wrote: > "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> that is the new definition ever since the atmosphere has gotten polluted >>> enough not to see a real blue moon. >>> >>> From: "Kevin Waterson" <[EMA

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If you eat breakfast at Denny's Restaurants, that would be "Moons Over My Hammy" Regards, Bob... "Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abol

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Cite! Cult (essentially pseudo pagan) reference... http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~BLUEMAGI/blue-moon-history.html Pseudo scientific reference. http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/amethystbt/moonbluemoon.html Real scientific reference (cut and paste). C:\Documents and Settings\Robert Blakely\Desktop\Sci

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Moonlight Serenade, Moonlight in Vermont, Moon Over Miami Bill -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: my first moon shot Chris Stoddart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >&g

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l.com -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: my first moon shot you don't know the history of the term "once in a blue moon"

RE: Moons & Mountains ( Re: my first moon shot )

> The Allegany Mountains are the westernmost range of the Appalachians. > The Blue Ridge Mountains are the Easternmost. Now for a quiz. Who can > name all the ranges in the Appalachian Mountains. Not individual > mountains just the ranges. I'll try: Catskills Berkshires Adirondaks White Mounta

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"Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> that is the new definition ever since the atmosphere has gotten polluted >> enough not to see a real blue moon. >> >> From: "Kevin Waterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > A blue moon occurs as the second full moo

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Anyone remember the tv show Moonlighting? It had a theme song by Al Jarreau. > Blue Moon (think that is a *real* oldie) > Shine On Harvest Moon > Moonlight Becomes Her (Hmmm, maybe not a song title.) > Moon Over Miami

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b - Original Message - From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: Re: my first moon shot > Huh? Gimme a break! > > Regards, > Bob... > ---

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Chris Stoddart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Anyone think of any other Moon Songs that could be photographed? > >Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield) Moon at the Window (Joni Mitchell) (I posted this earlier but it didn't seem to make it through) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.rober

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Mark, thanks for the inspiration. I'm now going to put my 2x teleconverter on my 400mm next time the moon is out. > One of my few attempts at shooting the moon - using a 500mm > Takumar, 2x > converter and 1.4x converter for a total of 1400mm. The converters > took abite out of the sharpness

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l.com -Original Message- From: Mark Cassino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: my first moon shot At 07:05 PM 9/20/2003 -0400, you wrote: >I did a moon shot a couple of years ago with my >1000mm F8 t

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Huh? Gimme a break! Regards, Bob... "Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?" -Martin Luther From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTE

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This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Anyone think of any other Moon Songs that could be photographed? > > Blue Moon (think that is a *real* oldie) A blue moon occurs as the second full moon in a calendar month pointless trivia Kevin -- __

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>Anyone think of any other Moon Songs that could be photographed? Blue Moon (think that is a *real* oldie) Shine On Harvest Moon Moonlight Becomes Her (Hmmm, maybe not a song title.) Moon Over Miami Sheesh, they are all oldies. Marnie aka Doe

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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:21:24 -0400, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > You are right. the moon is typically 0.5 degrees > in the sky. according to my calculations it would > take more like 2400mm to fillm the fram vertically! > WOW thats a hell of a long lens I think the rule of thumb is 1mm on film fo

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nnell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com -Original Message- From: Doug Franklin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 9:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: my first moon

OT: Moons & Mountains ( Re: my first moon shot )

What are you paying for that information, Frank? Free sample: Silvery Moon. The Allegany Mountains are the westernmost range of the Appalachians. The Blue Ridge Mountains are the Easternmost. Now for a quiz. Who can name all the ranges in the Appalachian Mountains. Not individual mountains jus

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Moon Song by Arlo Guthrie ©1996 Arloco Music Beneath this balcony of stars Beyond the searchlight stage where we've become The stuff of time amid the waves Whose nets are cast along the shore when day is done As the seabird flies aboce My songs are sung to those I've come to love The petals stru

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon. Moon River. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/20/03 07:32AM >>> Here's a photo essay for Amita: Moons from songs. Harvest Moon, Allegheny Moon, Blue Moon. My mind's blank now, but there must be more. I've camped in the Alleghenies many times (Allegheny State Park in N

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:07:17 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: my first moon shot > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:08:23 -0400 > > Thanks to you fine folks, I finally got a decent shot of the moon: > > http://www.beyondthe

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Very nice. I'm still working to get this one right (sigh). Whenever I notice the moon is full, I try to get out there with that 500 mm mirror of mine and a tripod, but a shot this good has been elusive so far. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, V

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- Original Message - From: "Jim Apilado" Subject: Re: my first moon shot > Good shot. Why not try a few shots of the Harvest Moon at moonrise. Wish I > knew when a Harvest Moon is. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast11sep_2.htm William Robb

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Hi! Goes straight to my knowledge base. Thanks for sharing. Boris ===8<==Original message text=== AG> Thanks to you fine folks, I finally got a decent shot of the moon: AG> http://www.beyondthepath.com/photos/misc/moon.jpg AG> 400mm, f/5.6, didn't record the speed but

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l.com -Original Message- From: Jim Apilado [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: my first moon shot Good shot. Why not try a few shots of the Harvest Moon at moonrise. W

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Good shot. Why not try a few shots of the Harvest Moon at moonrise. Wish I knew when a Harvest Moon is. Jim A. > From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:07:17 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subj

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Good job - amazing how bright it is and how fast it moves, eh? - MCC At 04:07 PM 9/19/2003 -0400, you wrote: Thanks to you fine folks, I finally got a decent shot of the moon: http://www.beyondthepath.com/photos/misc/moon.jpg 400mm, f/5.6, didn't record the speed but it was probably 1/250 or 1/

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At 4:07 PM -0400 9/19/03, Amita Guha wrote: Thanks to you fine folks, I finally got a decent shot of the moon: http://www.beyondthepath.com/photos/misc/moon.jpg 400mm, f/5.6, didn't record the speed but it was probably 1/250 or 1/500. Looks good! The moon is a surprisingly difficult subject. -- S

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Wow! Way cool, Amita. Sometimes wasting time reading pdml pays dividends, eh? Seriously, wonderful shot. cheers, frank Amita Guha wrote: > Thanks to you fine folks, I finally got a decent shot of the moon: > > http://www.beyondthepath.com/photos/misc/moon.jpg > > 400mm, f/5.6, didn't record