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<\/center>Views like this have been few and far between, it seems. This summer has been cloudy. cool, windy…not exactly what one would expect from June on the plains. I’ve made a trip or two to Double Ditch in vain already this year, and the short term forecast doesn’t look good.<\/p>\nI always joke that I single-handedly extinguished the sun by purchasing a camera for astrophotography; when I got my first camera, I had a very short run of Northern Lights before the sun went dormant. Scientists have been scratching their heads, wondering why there haven’t been any sunspots! I think I know why.<\/p>\n
Now that I have another new camera, I can joke that the skies have conspired against me…this time with clouds and cold temperatures. NASA is predicting the sun is going to awaken from its solar minimum<\/a> in spectacular fashion, creating some amazing aurora borealis<\/a> I presume, but will the clouds even let us see them? Only time will tell. If not, just call me a jinx!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views like this have been few and far between, it seems. This summer has been cloudy. cool, windy…not exactly what one would expect from June on the plains. I’ve made a trip or two to Double Ditch in vain already … Continue reading