I saw the first signs of fall the other day - two yellowing cottonwood leaves liberally tinged with leftover green splotches from summer. These were on the ground, not on the tree, and in fact I could see no yellow in the tree itself. Truth be told, an occasional yellow leaf anytime during the growing […]
Archive for August, 2007
Whoa! Mars as big as the full moon! You’ve probably heard that before, huh? I’m sure many of you have already seen the email that says in August 2007, Mars will be as big and bright as the full moon. In fact, some versions of this email claim that Mars and Earth’s moon will […]
This year offers an excellent opportunity for the Perseid Meteor shower, peaking on the morning of Monday, August 13. We already have lots of information about viewing the shower, which you can see elsewhere on Earth & Sky. So I will say a few words here about history related to the shower.
Timelapse photo of the […]