Oh yeah, *this* is going well
- By Jason Donahue
- Published 10/21/2007
Ugh. I look at the forecast, and it says it's going to be clear.
I go outside at 10:30 PM, and it's perfectly clear, but too early to see anything.
At 1 AM, I go outside...and it's completely clouded over. I check the forecast again, and, sure enough, "mostly cloudy", and every hour after that, it lists as clear.
I check at 2 AM. Clouded out.
Three AM? Clouded out.
Four AM? Partly cloudy, with fog coming in. I can barely see Orion, but can clearly see Mars, which is roughly in the middle of the Gemini constellation. The meteors should be in between. I walk around the building and....sodium streetlight blinding me. Go back around to my side of the building, and...more clouds and fog. Orion's getting more faint, until I can't see it at all. I can barely see Mars.
I've got exactly three hours until sunrise. I'm not getting my hopes up, but might try one more time if I'm still awake in an hour.
I go outside at 10:30 PM, and it's perfectly clear, but too early to see anything.
At 1 AM, I go outside...and it's completely clouded over. I check the forecast again, and, sure enough, "mostly cloudy", and every hour after that, it lists as clear.
I check at 2 AM. Clouded out.
Three AM? Clouded out.
Four AM? Partly cloudy, with fog coming in. I can barely see Orion, but can clearly see Mars, which is roughly in the middle of the Gemini constellation. The meteors should be in between. I walk around the building and....sodium streetlight blinding me. Go back around to my side of the building, and...more clouds and fog. Orion's getting more faint, until I can't see it at all. I can barely see Mars.
I've got exactly three hours until sunrise. I'm not getting my hopes up, but might try one more time if I'm still awake in an hour.