On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:29:48 -0700, Edward Erbeck
wrote:

"Bob" wrote:

Purty!

Thanks

Though I always get the AZ flag mixed up with the North Vietnamese
flag... ;^}

I've got a feeling that there'd be a lot of the "Boat People" that'd be
a tad ticked at you. It was the R.V.N. , Republic of Vietnam (The South)
that had similar Colors to the Arizona State Flag.

My addled brain was thinking of this one for the Viet Cong , but it
had swapped the yellow and the red. I shall send it to bed early...

http://flagspot.net/images/v/vn-cong.gif


We've had some fairly decent volcanic sunsets in the Pacific Northwest
since the big belch of the Kasatochi volcano in the Aleutians early
last August.

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Kasatochi.php

That's quite a "Burp" !


Not Pinatubo class like we saw in the early '90s, but still nice.
Looks like you are getting some of the aerosols down your way as well.


Pinatubo was a Pretty Pain! Made for some spectacular Sunsets, but
lowered the contrast and resolution for Astronomy.
I don't know if the "Rays" are due to Volcanic Aerosols. Around here
it's not unusual to have high altitude dust just from the winds and
updrafts.

Crazy Ed