Earlier sunrises and longer nights have advantages. And don't give up on the aurora.
Rowers practice on the Schuylkill during a November sunset. The oblique light of the November sun creates spectacular shadows and sunsets.Upon leaving work Monday you might wonder who turned out the lights, and feel a decided disorientation. Relax. You’ve come down with a classic case of normality, assures Philadelphia therapist Tonya Ladipo.
The moon isn’t necessarily known for its subtlety, but it will be showing its subdued side the next few days when a curved sliver of it will be visible throughout the day and after sunset. It’s fitting that the moon would give back to us, since it owes its life to us. As Villanova University astrophysicist Edward Sion observed, the moon evidently was formed from a chunk of Earth launched into space when our planet got whacked by an object the size of Mars.Nothing is subtle about a supermoon, and we will be getting the fourth one in four months on Nov. 15, when our satellite makes one of its closest approaches of the year and reaches the instant of fullness.
Since they ride an astronomical seesaw, the full moons beam longer and higher as the sun’s days grow shorter.One reason so many people missed October’s dramatic aurora appearance over Philly was that the show was so brief. But an encore isn’t out of the question, say space weather experts. The longer nights increase the chances that they would be visible. NASA has announced that we are in the “maximum period” of the 11-year solar cycle during which “sunspot” activity is at a peak.
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