Jacumba

Blog entries concerning the Jacuma area of San Diego County.

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Falcon 9: Redux

00:05 PST San Diego, CA - T-minus 44 minutes and counting. SpaceX attempts second COTS demonstration space flight. NASA Announcer: The dragon capsule will xport 1200 lbs of mass. Will spend one week attached to ...

Highway 80, first thoughts

I am old enough to remember when Interstate Eight was built over our back-country mountains. Before then, the main route east was what we now call Old Highway 80. That is the highway I recall ...

Mars Opposition Star Party Report

I held a star party at the house last night for the Mars Opposition. Mars came as close as it gets for this orbit, and at 14 arc seconds was a pretty site through the ...

Cloudy Nights

We're in that time of year where there are more cloudy nights than clear. For SDAA members it's a time of the season when we focus on indoor astronomy activities. Cleaning the gear, refurbishing rusted ...

Spring at Tierra Del Sol

Nothing excites me more than the night skies of spring. The messier marathon just around the corner, every worthwhile object to view is visible in within a single night of viewing. The desert heat yields ...

SDAA 2012 Annual Banquet

High Level Astro Geek alert. The San Diego Astronomy Association will be holding its annual Banquet on Saturday, Feb 4, 2012. The guest speaker is Dr. Luisa Rebull who is a Staff Scientist for the ...

The Moon Exposed as a Trickster

The moon has exposed itself these last few nights as a trickster. Two nights ago the sky was smothered from view with clouds pushed by strong gusty winds.

Innocence of the moonlight

The innocence of the moonlights reflection on the leaves, as the soft wind caressed my face brought a smile to my heart. A reminder that the night was embracing all that was tender and loving. ...

Music of the Refreshing Breeze

As the sun slowly sets over the western sky the breeze refreshes the sleeply warm air. The cottonwood's leaves sound as though a thousand people are clapping so softly. They pause and repeat again the ...

Enjoying the Early Dusk

The sun finally dropped behind the hills as I set the old dinning room chair out in front of the apartment. The apartment is one of the last three remaining from the Jumba Hot Springs ...

Warm Summer Breeze

As the month of July passed giving us 102 degree days and 80's in the night we finally were given a breezy few days. August was starting to be another carbon copy of July when ...

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