Tanker accident causes traffic and river problems
Tanker accident on Hwy 36 near the Apple Valley bridge causes blocked traffic and gasoline spill in St Vrain River (photos)
Dakota Hogback; origins of Lyons sandstone formation
Learn about the (Lyons) “sandstone hogback” that starts at the Wyoming border, through Lyons, and on down thru Morrison.
Lyons Ecology Advisory Board celebrates achievements, looks ahead
The Lyons Ecology Advisory Board keeps its focus on protecting the ecological integrity of Lyons and the surrounding area, a task made more relevant by CalWood fire. Report shows past and future work by the Advisory Board.
A tale of two clusters (or, how to tell the age of a star)
The Pleiades are known in mythology as the “Seven Sisters”. The stars in a cluster are sisters to each other: they are conceived from the same common cloud of nebular gas, and in the same region of space. (Looking up in the Lyons skies)
Do birds really eat the hundreds of seeds you leave out for them?
Ever wonder what birds do all day at your feeders? How can they go through that much seed? The answer is birds use “caching”
Those bright lights in the sky (Mars, Saturn & Jupiter)
Jupiter and Saturn will appear to merge in the sky, with the naked eye … Of course, it is an illusion due to our line of sight … Saturn in actuality will be about a half a billion miles beyond Jupiter.) The two haven’t appeared this close together since the year 1623 …
A Halloween Blue Moon
Not only will the Moon be full on Halloween, it will also be “blue”. And therein lies our story.
The Year of Comets
Are the rash of comets this year like the proverbial disasters predicted in the past
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! (astronomy)
According to the 1988 film Beetlejuice, the incantation in this article’s headline will summon the unpredictable entity Betelgeuse to explosive life–and a lot of folks, including this author, are hoping it will work.
ast week, we promised we would talk more about the very bright red star Betelgeuse that marks the right armpit of the constellation of Orion. The occasion is this: The star actually isn’t very bright anymore. What was once the 11th brightest star in the sky has now dwindled to number 28, and it keeps on falling.