by Jim Stratigos | Jul 14, 2020 | Balsam skies
This week is a great time to see comet NEOWISE. It’s visible before sunrise (I saw it at 5:00 AM this morning) in the northeast and just after sunset (around 10PM) in the northwest. See links here and here for detailed finder charts and rise/set times. The...
by Jim Stratigos | Jul 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
A comet visible to the naked eye is a rare occurrence. A comet approaching the Sun was recently discovered by NASA’s NEOWISE satellite. Today is its closest approach to the Sun where it is heating up and brightening rapidly. Observers in Arizona have been able...
by Jim Stratigos | Jun 18, 2020 | Nature
Mr. (or Mrs.) bear paid us a visit early Tuesday morning. There are four service berry trees around the house and they are loaded with ripe berries. I have been picking them – they taste like blueberries – or shaking the limbs to get them off so bears will...
by Jim Stratigos | Jun 16, 2020 | Nature
Baslam was pounded by an intense hail storm yesterday starting around 1:00 PM and lasting for a good 30 minutes. We had piles of hailstones in the yard, on the deck and especially around the downspouts. Leaves on trees were shredded to bits and it sounded like it was...
