Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Welcome, October.


This month will be pretty exciting; well, besides the fact that is autumn, that the weather will get colder (so it won't feel like June anymore) and that the landscape will be more colorful - oh, and almost forgot: there will be crunchy leafs I can step on (it's a cool feeling, don't ask).
Also, I just found that this Saturday there will be a meteor shower called Draconid, and my country is the one that has the best visibility, ha!
"Romania is the “perfect” spot to watch this “once in a lifetime phenomenon,” Vauboillon said. He added that the meteor shower includes thousands of billions of comet particles entering the atmosphere at very high speeds.
“To give you an example, everybody knows that in August there are many falling stars and everybody can see them without a large telescope. It’s very easy, you go outside, open your eyes and there they are. In October, there will be two and even six times as many falling stars than in August. It’s the perfect moment to see them. (…) I strongly recommend that you go watch them,” Vauboillon said. The phenomenon was last seen in 1946 and before that, in 1933. He explained that the Draconids will be visible in the entire Europe and western Asia."
Jeremie Vauboillon, prediction specialist at the Sky Mechanics and Ephemeris Calculation Institute (IMCCE) in Paris

 I think this is the first time I'm happy for living here. On 30 October we'll get back to the GMT+2 time which will be quite confusing for a while, but I'll get used to it like always. I just don't see the point in the whole thing - it's not like most people care to save the energy.
And I'm pretty excited about Halloween. We kind of never really celebrated it, but last year I did with some friends.. twice - and it was awesome. This year I want to find a better costume/makeup and I want to sculpt a pumpkin. It will be pretty cool.

2 comments:

  1. I've never been able to witness a meteor shower. It sure looks like a unique experience, a once in a lifetime thing.
    And regarding the halloween thing, i'm very jealous from every single person that celebrates it. I celebrated it once or twice when living outside my country, but i never did it here.
    In Argentina we don't really celebrate halloween and that sucks pretty bad, because it's the coolest holiday. I just love the halloween atmosphere. Ohh well...

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  2. The meteor shower was not visible :<
    It's raining since Friday so yeah.. opportunity - missed!

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