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Mercury Transit Mercury will make a rare crossing of the Sun on November 8, 2006, a spectacle that will be visible to all of the United States. mercury transit • november 8 2006 • sun • solar disk • telescope
Heavenly Shades of Nighttime Falling: It's Twilight Time While you might think that clear skies are not conducive to skywatching — unless you look past the atmosphere to the moon, planets and stars — but there are subtle changes in the clear sunset/sunrise skies that are worth looking for. Under clear skies, the twilight period can provide subtle sky beauty with its softly changing colours, particularly in the sky regions known as the <EM>twilight</em> and <EM>anti-twilight arches</em>. weather • meteorology • sky color • twilight
Jewelry's Elemental Circle Shape The elemental circular shape is incorporated into Elsa Peretti's Round collection for Tiffany & Co. This elegant pendant is available in precious metals and gemstones. elsa peretti • jewellery designer • tiffany & co. • round collection • sterling silver pendants
Images of the Egyptian Goddess Nut Who was the Egyptian Goddess Nut, and why were depictions of her unique in Egyptian art? Why was her image used on coffin sarcophagi? egyptian goddess nut • nut • egypt • egyptian gods • egyptian art
Amarna, Egypt's Place in the Sun: A Review Some 100 objects in "Amarna, Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun" describe Egyptian civilization during the reigns of 18th-Dynasty pharaohs Akhenaten and Tutankhamun. art museum exhibitions • ancient egyptian art • amarna ancient egypt's place sun • akhenaten • tutankhamun
Easy DIY Instructions to Make a Circular Pendant At the beginning of the movie Hancock, Charlize Theron wears a circular pendant hung on a black silk cord. This look takes just a few moments and little skill to make. make a hancock style circular pendant • diy necklace instructions • making a pendant from a wedding band • jewelry-making instructions • charlize theron jewelry
Eclipse Watching Solar and lunar eclipses are among natures treats. How to observe an eclipse and what to expect. eclipse • lunar eclipse • solar eclipse • total eclipse • partial lunar eclipse
Isis: Goddess of Countless Names Get to know the Egyptian goddess, Isis. goddess • goddess worship • isis • egyptian • egypt
Penn Museum Exhibitions 2008-09 The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology in Philadelphia offers a wide range of ongoing and upcoming exhibitions in 2008 and 2009. museum exhibitions • university of pennsylvania museum archaeology anth • penn museum • penn in the world • fulfilling a prophecy
Was Moses an Egyptian Pharoah? The Old Testament makes it clear that Moses was neither a Hebrew nor an Israelite. Exodus 2:19 specifically refers to Moses as "an Egyptian". egyptian moses • ahmed osman • akhenaten • amenhotep iii • book of exodus
Diamond Dust: Snow Without Clouds During the depths of winter cold, we often hear some weather sage observe, "It's too cold to snow." Truth is, it is never too cold to snow. At very cold temperatures, 40 below zero (C or F) and colder, snow can actually fall out of the clear blue sky without intervening clouds, a weather condition known appropriately enough as diamond dust. weather • winter • meteorology • diamond dust • ice crystals
Excavating Egypt: An Exhibition Overview "Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London" presents some 200 antiquities from a revered collection. traveling art museum shows • excavating egypt • petrie museum of egyptian archaeology • sir william matthew flinders petrie • ancient egyptian art architecture
Looking For Sunbeams Sunbeams appear as light or dark shafts that appear to radiate out from the sun. Although they can be seen anytime the sun is in the sky or just below the horizon, sunbeams are most commonly seen, and often their most beautiful, around sunrise and sunset. Indeed, their technical name "crepuscular rays" means "rays related to twilight." weather • sunbeams • crepuscular rays • sunlight • clouds
Rainbows Rainbows have been part of human mythology and culture for millennia and have fascinated scientists through the ages as well. From two simple ingredients water drops and light, we can form the beauty of a rainbow. Here's how. weather • meteorology • rainbows
Sun Dog Days Sun dogs or mock suns appear on either side of the solar disk as bright bursts of light formed when sunlight passes through ice crystals at the proper angle. atmosphere • weather • halos • sun dogs • parhelia
The Crocodile God, Sobek Sobek was most popular in the city of Arsinoe. In fact, the Greeks renamed the city Crocodilopolis. Ancient Egyptians would keep crocodiles in pools and temples. sobek • egypt • gods • goddesses • god
The Equinox: Not Quite Equal On the day of the Equinox, the sunrise and sunset times are not twelve hours apart. What atmospheric phenomenon causes this to happen? autumn • equinox • mirage • superior mirage • sunset
The Superior Mirage We don't hear or know as much about the superior mirage, so many think it is a rare occurrence. However, one form is so common that most of us do not recognize it as a mirage. The superior mirage can make objects appear to be floating in the air or cause objects actually located below the horizon to appear above it. weather • meteorology • mirages • superior mirage • arctic mirage
Winter Solstice and Dark Days As the calendar year winds down, so too does our Northern Hemisphere solar year, except that the sun reaches its cycle's end, the Winter Solstice, nine days before the last page of 2001 is ripped from the wall. The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year, but ironically is <u>not</u> the date of either the earliest sunset or the latest sunrise. weather • winter • winter solstice • equation of time • meteorology |
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