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Great day today on the mountain in Southern Arizona. We got the water hooked up to the lookout, and the water heater running. My boss and I hiked around in some pretty steep terrain (at 9000 feet) following the water line from the tank to the lookout and then back up. Then he and I drove over to the ranger station for a company cookout at lunch. I got to meet some great USFS people: from young firefighters to long-time volunteers in their 80s. A prevention tech drove me on the grand tour of the area, especially the dispersed camping sites (which were already filling up for Easter weekend). Some of the roughest roads I have ever seen! We toured Summerhaven, and I bought some tomatoes at the General Store. The prevention tech then drove me up to the observatory gate and I hiked back in to the lookout. I went back into service and immediately spotted a large smoke in Tucson, which was a mobile home fire. Big day; exhausted; legs of rubber!
Then there was the eclipse from 9000 feet on Monday night. What a perch! What a view!
All in a black, an ink black sky,
Not like the Sun at noon,
Right over Lemmon Rock did stand,
'Twas the bloody Moon.
Apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge
elleng
(130,126 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)I am thrilled for you. A great day. And a grand perch. I saw the eclipse, but to have been watching it in perfect blackness would have been outstanding. Nice!
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)CrispyQ
(36,225 posts)I got to meet some great USFS people: from young firefighters to long-time volunteers in their 80s.
Nice!
Would you please re-post the link to your post about your new perch? I tried searching but could not find it.
CrispyQ
(36,225 posts)Missed the photo shoot one. So glad you included it!
Off to check them out.
DemoTex
(25,370 posts)CrispyQ
(36,225 posts)ChazInAz
(2,535 posts)Four o'clock is Mars, eleven is a star.
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)The alpha star of Virgo.
others were Mars, I know for a fact, and the other is most likely Saturn as they were in close proximity at the time. When I looked earlier in the evening, Mars was placed directly over the Moon (got mildly overcast during the eclipse so I could only see a hazy moon and no planets) so I'm guessing the other is Saturn.
The first ephemeris that came up on Google...
http://www.cafeastrology.com/2014ephemeris.html
Matariki
(18,775 posts)We had cloudy skies here in Seattle - so no eclipse viewing for us
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)keep up the good work.
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)had your job and freedom.