November Jogging

The past few mornings I needed to suit up in warm sweats to go jogging. And it's dark for my whole run. I'll take warm and sunny over cold and dark any day! But there is a spectacular morning planet show going on right now that makes it worthwhile to bundle up and get out there! I'm sure I saw Mercury this morning, for the first time in my life, but it didn't show up in my photo (my sightings of Mercury typically turn out to be jet sightings!). Venus hangs up there like a diamond.

This photos is from underneath one of the pin oaks near Nolt's Ponds. If you click on this photo and make it big, look for my possible Mercury sighting just above the tree on the horizon.

Here is Venus up above the glow of the rising sun, and cars zooming along Stony Battery Road.

Even on my little farm roads, there are many cars and trucks playing "Go Speed Racer, Go" before the sun comes up. High schoolers are heading to Hempfield, commuters are shortcutting over to Rt 283, Concrete trucks are going to and from the quarry, oversize load trucks are hauling pre-built roof trusses out of the lumber yard on Nolt Road, and an occasional Milk truck lumbers through from farm to farm.

I noticed that NASA even is making special note of the morning planet show! Here is the link to that story. They are highlighting Monday morning, specifically.