This would have fried us all

[Plane]

http://jupiter.samba.org/jupiter/20100603-203129-impact/index.html


A whack like that on Earth would be as much damage as fireing off our nuclear arsenal.

But to Jupiter it is no big deal.

[Michael Tee]

Jupiter is sanguine.

[Plane]

Still sports the great red smile.

[BSB]

Look at that scope. I wonder how much that cost him?

[Plane]

http://www.telescopes.com/

Can't see a brand name on it , could be a homebuilt.

[BSB]

This might be a good deal and a good place to start. http://www.telescopes.com/binoculars/astronomy-binoculars/zhumelltachyon25x100astronomicalbinocularwithtripodpackage.cfm

My problem is I live too close to Boston therefore there's too much light pollution to see anything really. It makes you wonder if kids who grow up in the inner city even know what's out there? 

[Amianthus]

My problem is I live too close to Boston therefore there's too much light pollution to see anything really. It makes you wonder if kids who grow up in the inner city even know what's out there? 

I heard that something like 75% of the US can no longer see the Milky Way in the night sky. I'm glad that I live someplace where it's still visible.

[BSB]

I wonder what that does to our perspective? It's another place in the natural world where we can't go, in our minds anyway, as easily as we used to. Observing or being aware of the natural environment is a great stress reliver, among other things, for me. The less there is to observe the harder it is to benefit from it.

[Plane]

http://reviews.ebay.com/How-to-Buy-a-Telescope-on-eBay_W0QQugidZ10000000000077636



It is still a wonderfull universe and we shouldn't meekly accept curtains being drawn between us and the photogenic parts.

[Amianthus]

Observing or being aware of the natural environment is a great stress reliver, among other things, for me.

That's one of the reasons I love living where I do; I can watch bald eagles fishing, watch the deer and variety of other animals that live on my property, listen to wolves and bear, etc.

[BSB]

Where abouts in Minnesota do you live, Ami?

[Amianthus]

Where abouts in Minnesota do you live, Ami?

East central part of the state. Where the endless corn fields and prairie start to give way to the low, rolling mountains of the north. I am not quite halfway between the Twin Cities and Duluth.

[BSB]

Sounds good to me. How close can you get to the Twin Cites and still have that much wildlife around?

[Amianthus]

Sounds good to me. How close can you get to the Twin Cites and still have that much wildlife around?

Pretty close. I'm about an hour outside, and where I live has minimum lot sizes of 3 acres. The Twin Cities, while being the largest cities by far in Minnesota, only have about 600,000 residents between them. I live in Bradford Township, which has fewer than 500 residents. Two digit and single digit "town population" signs are not uncommon.

[Amianthus]

Sounds good to me. How close can you get to the Twin Cites and still have that much wildlife around?

Oh, and there are reports of a cougar prowling around some of the southeastern suburbs - less than 10 miles from the state capital of St. Paul. ;-)