This
event isn't just in Corinna, but I couldn't resist putting it on
the site.
I hope the skies are
clear on Wednesday night. The moon will be unusually bright.
December 22 is the night of the full moon and the winter solstice,
the first day of winter. The last time these events came on the
same day was 133 years ago. It won't happen again for another 100
years or so. The moon will be near the closest point to earth in
its orbit so it will look larger than usual. The earth will be
near the closest point to the sun for the year so more light will
strike the moon making it brighter than usual.
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This picture is from a collection of astronomy
pictures at a web site called "Discover the
Cosmos – Astronomy Picture of the
Day". The archive of the site is at http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
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