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Monday, August 4, 2008
Total Solar Eclipse Observed From Western Siberia
Images from the total solar eclipse of August 1st 2008 observed from Siberia. The sun was completed obscured for a few minutes and the solar eclipse was experienced in Canada, Greenland, central Russia, eastern Kazakhstan, western Mongolia and China. The next total solar eclipse only occurs in several years where the next one will be observed in Northern America in 2017, in Europe - in 2026 and in Russia in 2030.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
That Was Yesterday....
Yesterday, it was a very hot summer day afternoon and it was our anniversary day.
After visiting the art museum in Charleston (more pictures will come about that) and after a great Ice cream "snack" we decided to go out again to our preferred place at James Island. But pretty soon BIG thunderclouds were forming over our heads and wonderful dark clouds moved in from the back. I love nature spectacles like that!
I will show you more pictures from the museum and more from this spot here with jumping dolphins, big oil tankers on the water and more thunder clouds. (Maybe I should save some pics for the "Friday Sky Watch" play).. ;-)
So then my friends, just stay tuned and come back any times. Oh, by the way..... comments are welcome too! :-)
Friday, August 1, 2008
Today Is a Special Day For Us and for us Swiss too !
My Darling and I are married today for 7 years and still happy together! (The picture was made 7 years ago in Key West, Florida, after our marriage)
Happy Birthday my Switzerland - it's our National Day today! I'm very proud to be a Swiss and I have learned to appreciate my Country since I'm living as an expat in the U.S.!
Switzerland
(English pronunciation: [ˈswɪtsÉ™(r)lÉ™nd] (help·info); German: Schweiz, French: Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansh: Svizra), officially the Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin, hence its ISO country codes CH and CHE), is a landlocked alpine country of roughly 7.6 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km². Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called cantons. Berne is the seat of the federal authorities, while the country's economic centres are its two global cities, Geneva and especially Zürich. Switzerland is one of the richest countries in the world.
It is bordered by Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. Switzerland has a long history of neutrality — it has not been at war since 1815 — and hosts many international organizations, including the Red Cross, the World Trade Organization and one of the U.N.'s two European offices. Switzerland is multilingual and has four national languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh. The country's formal name is Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft in German, Confédération suisse in French, Confederazione Svizzera in Italian and Confederaziun svizra in Romansh. The establishment of Switzerland is traditionally dated to August 1, 1291; the first of August is the national holiday.
Read more about Switzerland here
http://scour.com/view/result/?URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland
Please go also to my Swiss Blog
http://all-about-switzerland.blogspot.com
to read more about the Swiss and how they celebrate their National Day today!
http://all-about-switzerland.blogspot.com
to read more about the Swiss and how they celebrate their National Day today!
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