Category Archives: Weather, Tides & Geography

The physical world around us – weather, tides, and natural land features.

Spending New Year’s Eve with the Moon

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Mark Zeiger

Tonight, for New Year’s Eve, we’ll be going outside and watching the sky. Not for fireworks, but for the moon.

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Tracking the Homestead’s Individual Winter Solstice

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Mark Zeiger

This year’s Winter Solstice, like last year’s, arrived on a bright, clear day! That’s always so gratifying. Just as we did last year, we tracked our solar input through the “local” Solstice.

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