What are you guys doing right NOW??? ;)

[skimonkey]

I know, it's crazy how early everyone's starting on Christmas this year. The Hallmark channel is showing Christmas shows, and Target had a Christmas commercial before Halloween!

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I know, speaking of Target--we just received our Christmas catalog last weekend! Crazy!!

 

[leelai]

leelai have you viewed the Southern Hemisphere aurora?

AA

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No I haven't as yet but I hope to in a few weeks time. We are heading down to Melbourne to travel on the Great Ocean road and we've heard we may see it there.

Sure hope so anyway....I'm still to read up on it all.

 

[KevinJS]

No I haven't as yet but I hope to in a few weeks time. We are heading down to Melbourne to travel on the Great Ocean road and we've heard we may see it there.

Sure hope so anyway....I'm still to read up on it all.

I'm going to have to get to Oz one of these days. Just the name of that road makes me want to drive it.

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[leelai]

I'm going to have to get to Oz one of these days. Just the name of that road makes me want to drive it.

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Oh please do Kevin, would love to see you here!......from what I've read the Great Ocean road is one of the best drives in the world. It takes in a lot of sights notably the 12 Apostles, which I really want to see as they are slowly succumbing to the ocean

We've booked our flights but still need to work out our itinerary. Col did this same trip not long ago.

 

[KevinJS]

Funny thing is, I was considering moving to Oz a few years ago, then things changed and I ended up in Canada.


I wonder how things would have turned out? Life itself is a long winding road. Sometimes you have to wonder whether you are traveling on the right path. I'm satisfied, but I wouldn't have minded driving road trains to Darwin. Of course, had I done so, I would have been wanting to try out ice road trucking. Can't have it all, I suppose.

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[leelai]

Funny thing is, I was considering moving to Oz a few years ago, then things changed and I ended up in Canada.

I wonder how things would have turned out? Life itself is a long winding road. Sometimes you have to wonder whether you are traveling on the right path. I'm satisfied, but I wouldn't have minded driving road trains to Darwin. Of course, had I done so, I would have been wanting to try out ice road trucking. Can't have it all, I suppose.

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Yes life is like that and can take so many different twists and turns......

I would love to do that drive up to Darwin, I have only ever flown there on a stopover....it's damn hot up there though and would be the total opposite to your ice road trucking. But there is some amazing sights up there too.

You never know Kevin....maybe one day!

 

[Richard Brown]

Watching a house drive down the middle of the road. Pictures to follow.

Beats a beetle or whist drive : D

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[Richard Brown]

The road was snowy, but not icy. The biggest delay was cased by an almost two hour wait caused by an unthinking driver who parked his vehicle on the street, despite the no parking signs and being told to move. I'm told he will have to pay about $400.00 to get his vehicle out of the police impound yard.

There always had to be one!

The house move photos are great, Scifan.

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[Richard Brown]

No I haven't as yet but I hope to in a few weeks time. We are heading down to Melbourne to travel on the Great Ocean road and we've heard we may see it there.

Sure hope so anyway....I'm still to read up on it all.

I am sure I posted about the Harrison Planetarium show at Greenwich. The show was about twin satellites launched by NASA to take stereo film of the sun and the current increase in activity.

The increased sun activity results, amongst other things, in more frequent and more intense Aurora displays in both hemispheres of Earth. There were excellent explanations of the Aurora and how Earth's polar magnetic fields are essential in protecting us from bombardments from space.

I'm not sure whether the planetarium show is available worldwide, or for schools. It should be. I'm sure NASA would distribute such shows.

I cannot find details of the show online. Perhaps it isn't being run now. However, here is a link to a Wiki article about the planetarium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Harrison_Planetarium

You can check the show schedules via a further link at the end of the article.

I found this on the NASA website.

Aurora are colorful lights in the night time sky primarily appearing in Earth's polar regions. But what causes them? The culprit behind aurora is our own Sun and the solar plasma that is ejected during a magnetic event like a flare or a coronal mass ejection. This plasma travels outward along with the solar wind and when it encounters Earth's magnetic field, it travels down the field lines that connect at the poles. Atoms in the plasma interacts with atoms in Earth's upper atmosphere.

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[leelai]

Oh wow Richard....thank you for this.

I'm on 3G right now and having a devil of a time trying to load it....

Have grabbed those links for when I'm home!

Thanks again. &hellip

 

[AdmiralAdama]

Oh please do Kevin, would love to see you here!......from what I've read the Great Ocean road is one of the best drives in the world. It takes in a lot of sights notably the 12 Apostles, which I really want to see as they are slowly succumbing to the ocean

We've booked our flights but still need to work out our itinerary. Col did this same trip not long ago.

I vote for holding an iPF Admin / Moderator conclave in Tasmania.

AA

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[leelai]

I vote for holding an iPF Admin / Moderator conclave in Tasmania.

AA

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Well....that would just be the best Admiral.....

Doubly so as I haven't been there as yet and I hear its just gorgeous down there!

You got my vote!

 

[skimonkey]

I am sure I posted about the Harrison Planetarium show at Greenwich. The show was about twin satellites launched by NASA to take stereo film of the sun and the current increase in activity.

The increased sun activity results, amongst other things, in more frequent and more intense Aurora displays in both hemispheres of Earth. There were excellent explanations of the Aurora and how Earth's polar magnetic fields are essential in protecting us from bombardments from space.

I'm not sure whether the planetarium show is available worldwide, or for schools. It should be. I'm sure NASA would distribute such shows.

I cannot find details of the show online. Perhaps it isn't being run now. However, here is a link to a Wiki article about the planetarium. Peter Harrison Planetarium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You can check the show schedules via a further link at the end of the article.

I found this on the NASA website.

Aurora are colorful lights in the night time sky primarily appearing in Earth's polar regions. But what causes them? The culprit behind aurora is our own Sun and the solar plasma that is ejected during a magnetic event like a flare or a coronal mass ejection. This plasma travels outward along with the solar wind and when it encounters Earth's magnetic field, it travels down the field lines that connect at the poles. Atoms in the plasma interacts with atoms in Earth's upper atmosphere.

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Pretty sweet, Richard! I enjoyed watching this with my coffee this morn!

 

[ardchoille]

I'm chatting with people all over the world while walking to the local supermarket. This kind of thing was unheard of when I was growing up.

Oops, I'm also showing my age, lol.

 

[leelai]

I'm chatting with people all over the world while walking to the local supermarket. This kind of thing was unheard of when I was growing up.

Oops, I'm also showing my age, lol.

Isn't it cool!

I think you'll find it the same for just about all of us here!