My personal glimpse into the first half of the 21st Century for some yet to be known future
Wednesday, October 06, 2021
#Edmonds shoreline near the #kingstonferrytoedmonds
Tuesday, October 05, 2021
Monday, October 04, 2021
Sunday, October 03, 2021
Saturday, October 02, 2021
Monday, September 20, 2021
Another random shooting star, this time as a fallen angel
I've seen many random shooting stars in my life. The first one wasn't until my mid-teens. From there, I've seen shooting stars relatively frequently. In the past 10 years, I spotted most of these while walking my dogs. That makes sense, since my dogs are the main reason I'd be outside at night often enough for the opportunity to see these spectacles.
A couple nights ago, I spotted yet another shooting star. This one was unlike any others I've seen before. At first, it appeared as a piercingly bright light just above my line of sight. I thought a street light just blew out. However, I quickly remembered there was no street light above me, and I instantly realized it was yet another shooting star. I looked up to see the shooting star falling down in the Northwestern sky towards the horizon. However, instead of just a bright spot, or a bright spot with a streaking tail, or just a steak, or a quick flash, or a massive fireball; this shooting star was composed of opposed half-circle plumes on either side of a small bright spot. The plumes were bright at their tangent point and faded at their respective vertical centerlines. There was also a short streak emanating from the bright tangent point. The color of the shooting star was unusual. Though being generally bright-white, the shooting star appeared to have a faint tint of green on the left plume (to my perspective) and more reddish on the right plume. These features gave the shooting star an appearance of an angel plummeting to Earth.
As the shooting star came down to the tree line, it faded out nearly completely. It's core remained as a dimming amber just as it reached the tree line. Judging the final brightness, the shooting star seemed like it landed somewhere close-by (well, closer than usual).
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Fleeting view of the Flintstone House
More random photos without context
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Friday, August 27, 2021
Great food in Silicon Valley, without context
Friday, August 20, 2021
Sunflower in the sky
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Sunset in New Mexico
Monday, August 16, 2021
Sunday, August 15, 2021
Predictions for 2020's vs what we have so far
Predictions for the 2020's:
"Flying personal transportation"
"End of growing old"
What we have so far:
"Daytime drive-in movie theater"
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