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I already did an hour ago.

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Purty enough, but there must have been something more exciting about it where you are.

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Too cloudy.  

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I was looking at it earlier tonight.... nice

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Ahh ha ha you got me. Ran downstairs and out the back door and nothing, can't see the moon from here.
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Purty enough, but there must have been something more exciting about it where you are.

Transit of Venus. You needed to catch it just right.  :)
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It was purty
If you missed it tonite, the good news is tomorrow
Might even be prettier

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I got a good peek  by accident and spent a few minutes marveling at it.
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Like my daughter used to say when she was little:  "I can't know how to find it".  It must be behind the trees in the neighbor's yard.
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Purty enough, but there must have been something more exciting about it where you are.

Transit of Venus. You needed to catch it just right.  :)

I didn't catch it just right, but I snapped a couple pictures with my phone whilst cleaning up the parking lot at work....

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been raining all day.  too many clouds here, too.

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Well that sucks today was completely cloudy not even a hint of sunset. Tomorrow same thing, also rain all day long and through the night. *sigh*
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We saw it walking out of kickboxing. Pretty cool.

Incidentally, Fife mentioned the Transit of Venus.

Looks like it will be a pretty cool display on June 5.
http://www.transitofvenus.org/

Venus passes directly between the Earth and the Sun.
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...., the good news is tomorrow
Might even be prettier

Somehow, profound.

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Ah. Not sure I can see it.  Dang city light pollution.  Last night I could barely make out the moon.

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Here's a link about it...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id....ter-sky

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there must have been something more exciting about it where you are.

Yeah, I’m in Tucson
Clear skies, clean air and light pollution is illegal.
That last part is really cool.  Step out in the backyard and night, look up and you actually see stars.

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Looks like it will be a pretty cool display on June 5.
http://www.transitofvenus.org/

Venus passes directly between the Earth and the Sun.

Yep, should have put "is coming" on that. I was more than a bit sleepy at the time.  :laugh:
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Okay right coasters, step outside and take a look.
It should be closer to Venus tonite than it was last nite.

I still have to wait a couple hours.
Sky is clear in Tucson.  Very clear.

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snowing here.  What am I missing?

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A wet moon and a conjuction with Venus.

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I'll take the snow.

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Fog moved in here, making the question of city lights moot, as it so often is.  :p

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Overcast skies here tonight. But the event I'm looking forward to is the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter on March 13th or so. Venus has slowly been getting closer to Jupiter. Those will be two, close, bright points of light in the evening sky.

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It's raining here.  :(
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We've had clouds for weeks but tonight the sky is crystal clear and Venus and the moon and Jupiter are bright. It is lovely

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