Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Umm, If you read carefully I did mention the fact that for photographers the moon appears at its perigee quite often. It is rare for it to occur during winter solstice and... well the rest is in the previous post. John Collier > From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 22:00:20 -0500 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Bay Area Lug/Leg impromptu yosemite trip:MOON > > At 06:31 PM 12/17/1999 -0700, John Collier wrote: >> All this was cheerfully plagiarized from the December issue of Discover. > > Great. Good for Discover, whoever they may be. Why not check with some > reputable scientific organizations, such as the Royal Astronomical Society > of Canada? They will explain that this identical phenomena happens several > times a year. In fact, since you seem to be in California, why not check > with Lick? > > They will give you the straight skinny. Sorry to burst your bubble! > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! >