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A chilly solstice (and lunar eclipse)

A chilly solstice (and lunar eclipse) – The Big Picture – Boston.com.

Solstice Sunrise

I really had hoped not to be awake in time to take this, since we were watching the lunar eclipse last night. Astronomy Picture of the Day has this striking composite illustration of the winter solstice.

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-12-20

High wind warning was a bust here, but evidently not further south where two trucks were overturned. #

Anniversary

Two years ago yesterday, I brought home a four-pound, eight week old scrap of black fluff and attitude from the Pikes Peak Humane Society. I stashed him in the master bathroom for safety while I went out to feed the horses. As I stepped outside in the bitter cold, listening to him scream at being abandoned, I saw the constellation Orion in the sky, and decided to name our new miniature schnauzer puppy after it. I took this photo about two hours later.