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Eclipse!!
The Great Solar Eclipse of 2017 crossed the continent, from Oregon to South Carolina, and gave millions of people the chance to witness one of the most awe-inspiring events in the natural world.
Nik's photo of the August 21 eclipse, photographed from Glendo, Wyoming. The star, Regulus, is barely visible to the lower left of the solar corona.
But you had to be within the "path of totality", a
narrow band across the earth's surface several thousand miles long but only about 70 miles wide. Outside that band you would only see a partial eclipse, not a total eclipse.
And there is no such thing as a "partial total eclipse", despite the impression blogs and the news media might give.
I honestly think that's why so many people misunderstand the utter beauty of the spectacle; they may have seen a partial eclipse in the past that was total somewhere else, and even though they weren't in the path the news kept gushing about it being a
total eclipse, so they assume they must have seen a total eclipse and just didn't find it all that impressive.
Posted by Dan 08/29/2017, revised 09/06/2017
(Our kids have grown and are no longer posting blog stories here.
Below are some highlights from past posts.)
Kim Blazes Chicago Triathlon
Kim (and about 6,000 other athletes)
participated in the
Accenture Chicago Triathlon in August.
She finished 103 of 6149 overall,
8th of 2078 women, and
2nd in her age group!
Kim racing at the Age Group Championships in Portland, Oregon.
Jun 2007
In June she competed in the 2007 USAT National Age Group Championship held in Oregon.
Despite being out most of the past year rehabbing from a broken ankle, and this being
only her second race ever at the Olympic distance, she finished an impressive 25th in
the highly competive 25-29 age group! Here are
some photos of her at the race.
Way to go, Kim!!
Posted by Dan 08/27/2007, revised 01/27/2008
Like Ripping off a BandAid
Well we managed to extricate ourselves from Koh Tao last week. The trick is to do it fast and with no warning. We went down to check on tickets to Chiang Mai and found that it was either leave the next day or wait another week for availability, so we booked it and got the next boat off.
Goodells Rule!
Posted by nik 10/21/2008, revised 11/05/2008
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