Category Archives: sky

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The Northern Lights

Polar lights (aurora polaris) are a natural phenomenon found in both the northern and southern hemispheres that can be truly awe inspiring. Northern lights are also called by their scientific name,aurora borealis, and southern lights are called aurora australis. Colors and … Continue reading

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Night

Night: an element of air, of water, of earth, the antithesis of fire?  Macauley’s chapter invites the reader to consider the daily cycling through darkness as more than a simple turn of the planet away from the sun. Identify the … Continue reading

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Cloud

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Purple Clouds

Purple clouds, These types of clouds are some of the rarest types of colors for clouds of all the possible ones, but in my opinion, the prettiest color. These clouds are made only in the perfect senario of time of … Continue reading

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Clouds: part II

Under our header of Air you will find  a new page which invites you to think about Clouds.  This post will invite you to explore cloud imagery as suggested by David Macauley and by myself.  Can you identify the images … Continue reading

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Clouds: air and water, earthly echos

I caught this picture of the moon behind faint cloud traces and wondered what kind of day this image suggests to the reader.   There is a wonderful scene in Amelie (one of my favorite movies ever) where the little … Continue reading

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