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beautiful pictures ame :thumbs:
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yesterday happened all sorts of things so i nearly forgot this:
Spring Equinox – Vernal Equinox

The spring (vernal) equinox in the Northern Hemisphere is the autumnal (fall) equinox in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. Equinoxes and solstices happen twice a year.
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On the two equinoxes every year the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night is nearly equal – but not quite.

March equinox 2015: March 20, at 22:45 UTC.
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/spring-equinox.html

in Estonia (and elsewhere with EET) the equinox happened at 00:45 two nights ago, on March 20th.
for Alice near the West coast of USA the time was 20 Mar at 15:45. her time zone is lagging 9 hours from UTC and 11 hours EET. now her clock says 5:16 in the morning and she's probably sleeping... :sleep:

we are on the sunnier side of our path around the Sun. :thumbs:
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Great photos of the eclipse, Ame, and a great way to get them. People tried all sorts of dangerous things ... :slap:
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great pictures Ame. :thumbs:
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:hi:

The Supermoon Lunar Eclipse is tonight between 04:07 and 07:24, with the max at 05:11 ET



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:hi:
Agatheb2k wrote:
The Supermoon Lunar Eclipse is tonight between 04:07 and 07:24, with the max at 05:11 ET
:whistling: these are the times for my country, translated into Estonian Time, for the other countries consult the following table

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Further information on the NASA website and Space.com

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Agatheb2k :wave: Thanks for the note :2thumbsup:
I see the moon clearly. He looks beautiful :headroll:
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here no Supermoon Lunar Eclipse, all cloudy :cry:
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lianaliesma had posted this mail in the Juras-Erglis thread but i think a more suitable place is here:
On December 23rd, 2015, 3:49 pm lianaliesma wrote:Happy Winter Solstice! Image

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what an exquisite photograph and a funny reindeer gif. :laugh:
(i just wonder where that picture was taken and when. it is not nearly so sunny here or in Estonia nor in Latvia this time of the year. almost on the contrary: rain and storm. :whistling: )

thank you lianaliesma! :2thumbsup:
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thank you Lianaliesma :2thumbsup:
the picture is beautiful :bow:
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ame wrote: what an exquisite photograph and a funny reindeer gif. :laugh:
(i just wonder where that picture was taken and when. it is not nearly so sunny here or in Estonia nor in Latvia this time of the year. almost on the contrary: rain and storm. :whistling: )
I forgot to add source of that photo: http://spekavots.lv/saulgriezu-laiks-un-ta-butiba/
unfortunately nothing about it in details...
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i guess that it must have been taken later in real winter time. at least in Finland the landscape may look like that in February, but not on many winter solstice days. for one: the Sun is shining, and secondly it is rather high in the sky. thirdly: there's a lot of snow. :laugh:
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