HAPPY NEW WEEK and HAPPY SOLAR ECLIPSE!
I hope everyone has a fun and joyful week! The Cicadas are now singing their high-pitched, rattle-screeching song from all the trees on my patch. The noise is overwhelming! I've been turning the radio up indoors, because the ebb-and-flow of their continuous screaming becomes mind-numbing. I revere all Earth's creatures, but I'm glad these critters only visit every 17 years.On Thursday, 10 June, a rare Ring-of-Fire Solar Eclipse will occur. Most people won't be able to see the full eclipse with the fiery ring live, but you can watch a partial eclipse if you go outdoors. The partial eclipse is visible in the U.K. I will see part of the partial. Bjane will see a short partial eclipse. Annette and AQ won't be able to see the eclipse at all, unless you watch it online. Insert the name of your nearest town/city in the Eclipse Lookup box on this page for the eclipse times and visibility in your location. The page also provides info about this eclipse. The website, Time and Date, is safe.
You can watch a live stream of the full RING-of-FIRE Eclipse online HERE. Also at Time and Date.EDIT: I forgot to mention that you'll need eye protection if you watch this week's solar eclipse. I'm sure most folks know that eye protection is required for any solar eclipse, but this is a public forum and I felt a responsibility to include the warning.
Dibnlib: sorry you've had a few swearywords over trying to post pics. Sometimes mine won't post so I go back to them and trim the edges a bit, it seems to help. Especially if they are somewhat dark pictures, must have more pixels in them or something. Annette, have a lovely meal out. OG - Enjoy your new kettle!
Annette: Do you know what THIS was? It's all over the news media in California. Even the mayor of San Diego doesn't know. USGS says it wasn't an earthquake. :-)
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Lindy: Sorry! You may be able to see THIS SITE, the main San Diego newspaper. Yes, there was a massive boom and hard shaking of the earth, all the way from north San Diego, California to Tijuana, Mexico. The U. S. Geological Survey says that it was not an earthquake. The media are calling it a "skyquake" (whatever that is?). This same event happened in February, in March, and for a third time on Tuesday of this week. No government officials have been able to provide an explanation. The mayor of San Diego has promised to pass along any info he receives. SoCal folks are starting to get spooked because it really shook houses. This current article suggests that it may have come from heavy artillery fire from a local military base, however when the same event occurred IN MARCH, the military denied any role in the shaking and the boom.
All: The Time and Date website is showing some beautiful footage of the Ring-of-Fire eclipse right now.
Finally managed to post a pic of our beautiful azalea