Sometime last year I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't go back to sleep. I've found that if I turn the tv on to something quiet and droning I can usually go right back to sleep; however, most nighttime tv programming involves stupid boring shows with LOUD commercials.
The trick is to find something that is so quiet and droning that no one would want to advertise on it. Flipping through the programming list I came to the NASA channel. Ooh, that sounds perfect!
It's quiet and droning...with no commercials...and completely fascinating. I watched for hours. I am now completely hooked on the International Space Station, follow NASA tweets and was sooo looking forward to watching the Transit of Venus.
I'd even found a perfect place to watch. You never know what you'll find out in the middle of a farm in Kentucky!
Here we are getting a brief lesson on what he would be doing and what we'd be seeing...IF IT WASN'T COMPLETELY CLOUDY!!!
Sigh.
After checking and rechecking the radar, we disbanded.
But of course the sun peaked out for a few seconds just about the time we got home.
Luckily Mr. Science was there and we quickly assembled a viewing stand.
And with not enough time to really even focus, we did get a brief look at Venus. It's the tiny dot near the point of the arrow (click to biggify). Pretty cool.
So, the next time Venus rolls around (2117 ;-), we'll be ready.
I'll make pancakes!
The trick is to find something that is so quiet and droning that no one would want to advertise on it. Flipping through the programming list I came to the NASA channel. Ooh, that sounds perfect!
It's quiet and droning...with no commercials...and completely fascinating. I watched for hours. I am now completely hooked on the International Space Station, follow NASA tweets and was sooo looking forward to watching the Transit of Venus.
I'd even found a perfect place to watch. You never know what you'll find out in the middle of a farm in Kentucky!
Here we are getting a brief lesson on what he would be doing and what we'd be seeing...IF IT WASN'T COMPLETELY CLOUDY!!!
Sigh.
After checking and rechecking the radar, we disbanded.
But of course the sun peaked out for a few seconds just about the time we got home.
Luckily Mr. Science was there and we quickly assembled a viewing stand.
And with not enough time to really even focus, we did get a brief look at Venus. It's the tiny dot near the point of the arrow (click to biggify). Pretty cool.
So, the next time Venus rolls around (2117 ;-), we'll be ready.
I'll make pancakes!
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COOL!
Linda
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