Showing posts with label Observatory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Observatory. Show all posts

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Finding the observatory

The storms have passed for now, but their clouds still linger. It has been a full moon or at least close to a full moon for the past few nights. I want to look at the stars but the brightness of the moon and the partial cloud cover greatly reduce my chance of seeing anything.


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At last I found the observatory at the top of the mountain. I joined the astronomy club the other day at taste of 'wick (please change your name for next year, please!) I also joined the psychology club and the the Hill Top news paper. There was no radio stand but I have a feeling my persistance will get me in soon.


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The following morning of the discovery of the observatory there was a town wide garage sale that shut down Main Street and required a band. Yes, required.


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Oneonta has some of the greatest and most diverse amount of architecture I have seen in a long time.


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This was painted almost overnight for 9/11. While it's not the message I expected to be painted on this wall it is a great statement. 9/11 is so much more personal here than in Maine. This evening there was a candle light ceremony with people crying very hard. There is a lot of mixed feelings about 9/11 here. Many of the students from New York City feel the decade mark is the sign to move on but not to forget.


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