31 Aug 2009
First northern lights (Auroae borealis) of the season
Even during the time of the deepest solar minimum in a century, it's possible to see the aurorae. Albeit dim and hardly vislible to the untrained eye. It was…
22 Jul 2009
2009 total solar eclipse – the longest eclipse of the century
In 2006 I witnessed my first total solar eclipse in Antalya Turkey. I was lost for words! Tears were flowing! Nothing can make a non-witness remotely…