gorgeous video

This is one of the most beautiful videos I have ever seen. Totally awesome.

The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

geminids

Since the Leonids were such a letdown, lets all take a nice break during exams and watch the Geminids! The earth is passing through the tail of an extinct comet called 3200 Phaethon (that's for sure what I'm going to name my kid). There are supposed to be over 100 meteors per hour on December 13th this year, coming from the constellation Gemini (see star map).


Its supposed to be spectacular this year, folks. The moon will almost be a new moon, meaning barely visible at all for maximum meteor visibility.

harvest moon tonight

Apparently there will be a harvest moon tonight, meaning that the moon is close to the horizon, appearing very large and often with an orange/red tinge. Definitely not hard to miss tonight.