Posted on 12/28/2019 3:44:38 PM PST by Gay State Conservative
They’re clueless and obtuse.
I saw it too, my wife pointed it out to me.
Alas, I have never seen anything in the skies that did not easily have an ordinary explanation. Even the bright streaks seen moving at immense height were nothing but the marvel of the space station in the orbit with the shuttle docked to it.
Got it, but you needn't have bothered. The term, crescent, isn't scientific. It's just a common description of one of the phases of the moon.
Thanks for the explanation.
Perhaps because the moon isn’t actually a crescent - it’s shape is stable and remains round-ish?
Pretty much. GSC explained his reasoning in post 32.
Congratulations, you just mistook a planet, Venus, for an Unidentified Flying Object. LOL! Not hard to do when it is appears somewhere you don’t expect it to be. . . So you get a pass.
I was stationed in the Keys way back when.
So very many stars, what a universe.
I saw it tonight driving home from Maryland to central PA. Beautiful sight. Venus can be very bright at times and it is not often so see it close to a crescent or “young moon” as bright and crisp in the early night sky.
A few years back I rode a ways out of town to watch some stellar event or another. It was so dark you literally couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. A few more people showed up and the area was suddenly filled with the glow of cell phones and flashes from “selfies”.
I was really proud of myself that I didn’t add to the light pollution with any muzzle flashes. /grin
That is a cool app!
You saw Venus, not real far from Uranus......sorry just cannot resist planet jokes
LOL, I’ll check out your profile (but that’s all I plan to check out about you).
As far as the Equator goes, I’m working on that too. It would make sense that the Equator is the best place to see the sky, although you still won’t be able to see anything close to the sun (obviously).
Yeah I got one too. Was trying to teach myself star navigation a few years back. Got fairly good at it but it is something you have to stay up with.
You are right about that, you’ll see some of the Northern Hemisphere, but it will be pretty low in the sky. But you will pretty much all of the Southern Hemisphere (if you don’t sleep much and the Moon’s not out). So, if you do travel anywhere, definitely check on the Moon...the less of it, the better!
Venus is often called "the Morning Star." Some early mornings it's bright enough to read by.
Years back, I watched a “black triangle” glide majestically over my house.
I was out with the dogs and looked up into the southwest sky and it hit me that all the pretty stars that are usually there were not.
Just a huge black blank spot.
[wtf?]
So I stared harder and noticed 3 red lights and for whatever reasoned, thought 3 helicopters were passing over.
But there was no noise and it didn’t explain the blank spot.
I cannot overemphasize how slowly and quietly it moved.
So I stood there gawping as the blank spot came closer and closer, finally passing over the neighbor’s house on the ridge above me.
It. Was. Huge.
And being me, I raised a hand and waved because I figured whomever was driving it could see me plain as day, standing under the porch light.
I’m guessing it was some flying thing “they” have not told us about.
I live in a weird place with lots of “Nothing Is Here” installations that don’t exist on maps.
:)
When it finally went out of sight northeast of me, I went in to tell hubby, because being former Air Force, he’d be interested.
He was ticked that I didn’t come get him so he could see it, too.
Like I’d miss a second of it myself, fetching his pokey arse.
I also had a Osprey come by in copter mode and then suddenly switch to zoomy plane mode one night.
I thought it was just two helicopters until it flipped its’ blade and took off.
He misses all the good stuff.
Remarkable. Night time black triangle sightings are especially well-proven and are often associated with military bases. Plausibly, some such sightings may be of highly secret US military aircraft with anti-gravity technology.
Venus is often viewed next to the Moon.
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