Ben's Christmas poem 2010

Green

Green, a wonderfully bright thing to see,
Green, like the grass under a buzzing bee,
Green is the color of the Irish luck,
Green is the head of the common duck.


The color of green can give you a cause,
Like the color emerald green in the Wizard of Oz,
Green, like silver, is the color of money,
This green can buy you a bunny or honey.


Green is a chameleon of many shapes and shades,
Shimmering in dark forests and sunny glades.



Ben Wiswell l2.22.l0

Rare winter solstice lunar eclipse for mom's birthday!

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Skygazers with a clear view in North America and Europe were greeted with a celestial treat in the early morning hours Tuesday, as a unique total lunar eclipse transformed the Moon pink, coppery or even a blood red.

Coinciding eerily with the northern hemisphere's mid-winter solstice -- for the first time in almost four centuries -- the eclipse showed the Sun, the Earth and its satellite as they directly aligned, with the Moon swinging into the cone of shadow cast by its mother planet.

Despite being in shadow, the Moon did not become invisible, as there was still residual light deflected towards it by our atmosphere.

Most of this refracted light is in the red part of the spectrum and as a result the Moon, seen from Earth, turned a reddish, coppery or orange hue, sometimes even brownish.

The eclipse was running for three and a half hours, starting with a chunk being slowly eaten out at 0633 GMT and the stage of total eclipse -- when the Moon heads into the "umbra" cast by the Earth -- lasting from 0741 to 0853 GMT. It was to last until 1001 GMT.

Did we overdo it?

Hannah's 4th grade essay award - Lewes FD

Merry Christmas 2010