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Nothing Like the Sun

According to National Geographic (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100129-biggest-full-moon-2010-mars/):

The biggest full moon of 2010 will rise in the east tonight [...].

January’s full moon is also called the wolf moon, according to Native American tradition associating this month’s full moon with wolves howling in the cold midwinter.

The 2010 wolf moon will appear 30 percent brighter and 14 percent larger than any other full moon this year, because our cosmic neighbor will actually be closer to Earth than usual.

The moon will be at its closest perigee—the nearest it gets to our planet during its egg-shaped orbit—for 2010 at 4:04 a.m. ET Saturday, reaching a distance of 221,577 miles (356,593 kilometers) from Earth.

Meet Ze Monsta

The Sigma APO 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM (otherwise known as the BigmOS) is an ultra-telephoto lens designed primarily to replace the range covered by their discontinued APO 170-500mm F5-6.3 DG model. It represents a fairly low-cost alternative to the high prices commanded by OEM lenses that cover the extreme end of the telephoto range.

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I have been thinking.  This is the kind of thing that typically gets me into trouble.  One of the things that I have wanted to do is to engage more with people both online and offline.  I’m almost always more of a voyeur than a participant when it comes to online relationships.  So … I’m going to try to make a small change.  I am in the process of installing and configuring a small forum that will be implemented as a new page on my blog. 

Without going into too much detail as to the whys of creating a mini-forum, suffice it to say that this is – I hope – going to be a better way to engage with the (chosen?) few who stop by to read my blog and check out my photos.  As to the hows, those are a different story.  There will eventually be a link in the column on the right that will allow you to register and logon to the new forum.

Who knows … maybe in a few months, I will get tired of this idea and remove the forum completely.  On the other hand, it may stay up forever.  I’m sure that the experience will in any event prove at least to be interesting.