Summer Banter/LibertyBell

[Stormlover74]

Supposed to be sunny and 79 today but its currently 56 with low clouds

[FPizz]

Silly

[Dark Star]

I take it the Icelandic Volcano was of little consequence, otherwise Volcanic Winter would have came on board?

[Sundog]

3 hours ago, Dark Star said:

I take it the Icelandic Volcano was of little consequence, otherwise Volcanic Winter would have came on board?

It's a shame geoengineering is so frowned upon. 

[nycwinter]

we need yellowstone to erupt to change the climate

[Stormlover74]

Making my way back through Minnesota and UP of Michigan.  Low 70s today but very smoky

[Dark Star]

What should be the best Meteor shower days this month?

[forkyfork]

i hate this weather because it brings out all the slow walkers

[winterwx21]

4 hours ago, Dark Star said:

What should be the best Meteor shower days this month?

The Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaks Tuesday night into Wednesday morning next week. Hopefully we'll have good sky conditions. The moon won't be too much of an issue, so it should be a decent shower. You can see up to 15 to 20 per hour with good conditions. 

You can catch the early part of the famous Perseids meteor shower now too. The peak of that shower where you can see a much larger amount of meteors (50 to 100 per hour) is August 12th to 13th, but unfortunately the mostly full moon is going to be a major issue. So the Perseids won't be as spectacular this year. Probably a good idea to try to catch the smaller amount of Perseids along with the Delta Aquariids next week before the moon becomes an issue in August.

The best meteor shower this year is expected to be the Geminids in December. 

[rclab]

4 hours ago, forkyfork said:

i hate this weather because it brings out all the slow walkers

Your right forky, slow speed is no excuse….. So charge them a double toll. As always …..

[LibertyBell]

22 hours ago, winterwx21 said:

The Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaks Tuesday night into Wednesday morning next week. Hopefully we'll have good sky conditions. The moon won't be too much of an issue, so it should be a decent shower. You can see up to 15 to 20 per hour with good conditions. 

You can catch the early part of the famous Perseids meteor shower now too. The peak of that shower where you can see a much larger amount of meteors (50 to 100 per hour) is August 12th to 13th, but unfortunately the mostly full moon is going to be a major issue. So the Perseids won't be as spectacular this year. Probably a good idea to try to catch the smaller amount of Perseids along with the Delta Aquariids next week before the moon becomes an issue in August.

The best meteor shower this year is expected to be the Geminids in December. 

The full moon is on the same night as the  peak of the Perseids?

Why does that always seem to happen?

[LibertyBell]

On 7/19/2025 at 7:57 PM, Sundog said:

It's a shame geoengineering is so frowned upon. 

it's not really, all these projects for taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere are also geoengineering.

Come to think of it, humanity has been geoengineering since civilization began.

[LibertyBell]

On 7/19/2025 at 7:57 PM, Sundog said:

It's a shame geoengineering is so frowned upon. 

By the way humans aren't the only species who geoengineers.

If blue green algae (a type of bacteria that was the first to photosynthesize) didn't geoengineer none of us would be here today.

[Great Snow 1717]

2 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

The full moon is on the same night as the  peak of the Perseids?

Why does that always seem to happen?

I arranged it!