My dad called this evening to let us know that the International Space Station would be passing over tonight around 7:30. So, at about 7:25, Casinodad, the Munchkins, & I headed outside to look for it. As we were watching the southwestern part of the sky for it, a bright light suddenly appeared (almost out of nowhere!) & we watched it for about a minute. Because it was moving toward us, it looked like it was moving very slow, almost at a stand-still. Casinodad said that it wasn't what he expected & was about to go inside. All of a sudden, The Princess points over our house & says, "There two stations!" We said no, there was only one, but she kept pointing. I stepped off the porch to look & sure enough, a light was steadily moving over our house, heading northeast.
So, what were we watching for the first minute? you ask! A bright, shining star!! Thank goodness we had a 2 1/2 year old looking out for us or we would have missed it altogether!
Peace, munchesmom
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Junior Astronomers
Posted by Maria at 9:04 PM
Labels: munchkin speak, Tidbits
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I totally missed it! I couldn't believe it. Dad called about 6:30 to tell me about it. I went about doing usual Mom-things and before you know it...BOOM! It's 8pm! But, after talking to Mom, it sounds like I'm not the only one. They ended up missing it, too!
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