Want to know why this time of year sucks? Because this is what the sky looked like when I left for work this morning:
Dark. Very dark. The only light in the sky was the moon (and the stars, and the street lights, and the car’s headlights, but you get the idea).
This time of year double sucks because the sky will look pretty much the same when I get home from work too.
iPhone Astrophotography: The Moon Over the Gas Station.
We had a snow storm Saturday night into Sunday. I cleaned off the cars and the driveway on Sunday morning, but then stayed home for the rest of the day. When I took the kids to their father’s before work today I realized that I was a touch low on gas. I could probably get to work, but probably couldn’t get there and back without a fill up.
After dropping the kids off I went to a gas station near their dad’s house. I hit the button next to the driver’s seat to open up the gas tank and went outside… and the gas tank didn’t open. Ummm. That’s never happened before. I tried again. Nothing. I tried prying it open with the only tool I had on me, a pen cap. Nothing. Eventually, after about five minutes of digging and prying with the pen cap, and hitting the button over and over again, it opened and I could fill up. I took a picture of the moon to memorialize the occasion.
Happy New Year.
Inside the Red Head's Head 