Mike's Abbey Road Birthday Party

Mike and Jody and George and Bruce and Jonah and Pete got together and learned all of Abbey Road so they could play it at Mike's 70th birthday party. Mike mentioned that people could sing along if they felt like like. They felt like it. Here are a few tidbits from the event.

A year of seconds from Sarah

One and a half seconds almost every day 2019

New Year's Cloud Wave

The Black Mountains from just outside the AMS kitchen, 9:30 AM, January 1.

Jeff's Jacket

Jeff's jacket is almost broken in.

Day of Rainbows

So many of us saw rainbows in the valley yesterday. This was the view from Doc's pasture just before noon. What intrigues me about this rainbow are the dark areas below the violet band on the two clouds. I think it has to do with the way the raindrops creating the bow are keeping the light from the cloud from getting back to us (backside refraction), but I haven’t quite worked out the geometry yet. I haven’t noticed this before, and I'm guessing the effect arises because the clouds were very close behind the source of the refraction causing the bow. Thoughts?

Eye in the Sky