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Prof. Sam Lawler

· Föderation EN Mo 15.01.2024 14:49:35

Windchill was -47 at 6am, so buses are cancelled for my kids' school, and the school where my partner teaches is cancelled altogether (tribal schools are often more sensible about weather than public schools). So everyone is staying home. But it's a normal work-from-home day for me so...this'll be fun.

Tomorrow is a strike for all public schools here (but not for tribal schools, where teachers are not unionized), and I teach on campus, so it's bring-your-kids-to-work day for me.

Prof. Sam Lawler

Föderation EN Mo 15.01.2024 14:53:58

2 mysteries from morning chores:

1) How did I manage to get frozen milk all over the leg of my coveralls?

2) Weird satellites! I saw 2 bright satellites (Venus-bright) right next to each other, not moving relative to background stars. So weird it made me drop the bale of hay I was carrying and stare at them, despite the -50 windchill in my face. Over the course of ~20 seconds, they faded, so I guess they were geosynchronous sats that turned their bright solar panels? So freaking many sats...

Prof. Sam Lawler

Föderation EN Mo 15.01.2024 16:33:20

GOOD MORNING SUN DOGS!!

(It hurt a lot to run outside and take this picture in -47 winchill, but it was WORTH IT)

The rising sun behind a patch of woods and a snowy field, with some snowy spruce trees on the edges of the picture.  The sun is surrounded by a 22 degree halo and SUPER bright sun dogs on each side.  There's also a brighter spot in the halo directly above the sun.

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