[Az-Geocaching] LET THERE BE LIGHT, I SAY!!

[Jim Scotti]

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, TEAM 360 wrote:

> Speaking of prophets and lights in the sky:
>
> As the flock gathered around me, (at Saxman's First Campout in New Mexico), 
> lo, I commanded the heavens to open a light across the skies and it 
> suddenly came unto us! (Iridium Flare, with the exact moment of its display 
> from heavens-above.com)...
>
> I was in my prime!
>
> Now, everyone, put your $5 in the 360 collection tray and go home feeling 
> better about the way you live your life...glad I could help...

Hehe - the Iridium flares are pretty fun to watch.  I got a nice picture the 
other morning of one with the crescent moon low in the sky below the flare in 
the same frame.  There's a pair of them about 9 minutes apart on Thursday 
morning from here that I'm making plans to photograph - I just hope the two 
trails are far enough apart on the image.  One is a -6 flare, the other a -7 
flare.

Jim.

Jim Scotti
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA                 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/