Subject: Fascinating night light
Date: 2/24/2005 7:02:49 AM Pacific Standard Time
Hello Kent,
Have enjoyed your sight for several years now.
When you get to burning cds again I would like to get one. Now, the
reason for this email. I work at a dam on the Columbia
river near Bridgeport, Washington. Last night I was making rounds
when I observed the most intruiging sight! It was about 10 PM; the
full moon had already risen and was about 35 to 40 degrees above the apparent
horizon. The sky was clear, no clouds, no fog, and the ambient temperature
was about 32 degrees. Pretty much all of the snow we have had this
winter has melted. As I was looking at the night sky, noticed the outline
of the hills adjacent and in the distance outlined by a light that one would
observe at the breaking (earliest) of dawn. I mean you could see the
outline of said hills and mountains across all the compass (360 degrees)
points. Very interesting to say the least! I was a lookout in
the Navy and Merchant Marine in the 60's and will be retiring from the Hydro
generation field next year. By the way would you happen to know which
planet is following the moon in the night sky now?
[Venus]