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Just one of those kind of storms…
August 22nd, 2009 | 
Author: Last night we were awakened by a really kick-ass line of thunderstorms
It was the kind of storm that you didn’t even have to open your eyes to observe. You could see the brilliance of the strokes right through your eyelids. Each stroke seemed to be in competition with the one that preceded. Just when it seemed it was inevitable that the house and trees would be hit by lightning, it finally eased out of the scene. Quite a light show. Nothing like a good storm. This was good.
Posted in Photography, Weather | 
Tags: Holland PA, lightning, photo, Richboro PA, Severe weather, Thunderstorm | 
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The sands of time are running out for the central star of this the Hourglass Nebula. With its nuclear fuel exhausted, this brief, spectacular, closing phase of a sun-like star's life occurs as its outer layers are ejected and its core becomes a cooling, fading white dwarf. In 1995, astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to make a series of images of planetary nebulae, including the one above. Here, delicate rings of colorful glowing gas (nitrogen-red, hydrogen-green, and oxygen-blue) outline the tenuous walls of the 'hourglass.' The unprecedented sharpness of Hubble's images revealed surprising details of the nebula ejection process and may resolve the outstanding mystery of the variety of complex shapes and symmetries of planetary nebulae. Image Credit: NASA, WFPC2, HST, R. Sahai and J. Trauger (JPL)
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Monday, Sep 6
Partly Cloudy
Currently: 82˚F
Feels Like: 82˚ F
Hi: N/A˚, Lo: 61˚
Wind: 9, Gust: 16 MPH
Wind Direction: SW (230) 
Tonight: 61˚
Sunset: 7:24 PM
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Tuesday, Sep 7
Hi: 90˚, Lo: 67˚
Wind: 14, Gust: N/A MPH
Wind Direction: SSW (204) 
Wednesday, Sep 8
Hi: 86˚, Lo: 58˚
Wind: 16, Gust: N/A MPH
Wind Direction: WSW (257)
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