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[Richard Stewart]

I was in seattle with my aunt and this is wut it looks like there at the sunset HAPPY NEW YEAR



and this is a PIC of me in seattle of '05 and i thought u guys would like to see how nice it looks up there

---my head is spherical and it can be turned on a lathe so it is on topic....*i guess*

[Dennis Peacock]

Same to you Loy....

But I say that it's prolly Ketron or Cothren with the chainsaws....or maybe BOTH!!!!!!!!!!

[John Hart]

This was on the Nasa site this morning
SunPillarOverMaine.jpg

Have you ever seen a sun pillar? When the air is cold and the Sun is rising or setting, falling ice crystals can reflect sunlight and create an unusual column of light. Ice sometimes forms flat, stop-sign shaped crystals as it falls from high-level clouds. Air resistance causes these crystals to lie nearly flat much of the time as they flutter to the ground. Sunlight reflects off crystals that are properly aligned, creating the sun-pillar effect. In the above picture taken late last month, a sun-pillar reflects light from a Sun setting over Bangor, Maine, USA

[Andy Hoyt]

Thanks, John. Now that's cool!

[Gary DeWitt]

Great pic, John. Here is another I took near mid day in Santa Cruz a few years ago, another ice phenomenon. I had seen this around the moon before, but NEVER around the sun!

[Dale Thompson]

Andy,
I can certainly identify with the second picture. It compares quite closely to one that I have in my "success" file. I purposely attached a mini-camera to one of the bowl blanks that I approached with a rather "aggressive" gouge. WHOOSH!! The beauty of my work should be obvious to all!!

Does anyone have a match for pink shingles with purple polka-dots?

Nice pictures, Andy, and a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOURS!!

Dale T.