NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
Sept 18, 2024
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**A
very appreciative thank you to April Nason for her outstanding presentation to
Nature Moncton on Tuesday night.
April’s
contagious enthusiasm held a live audience and the virtual audience at full
attention with all participants learning a lot about the Leatherback Sea Turtle
and its kin off our Atlantic coastline. The Leatherback joins us each year from June to
October to harvest our abundant supply of Lion’s Mane jellyfish.
April
shared up-to-the-moment knowledge on the amazing Leatherback Sea Turtle that
has changed little in 100 million years!
The
test of the Owl electronic system for sharing presentations so that the
speaker, all the live audience, and the virtual audience could interact and hear
each other well was a success. One moment that demonstrated that well was when a
participant from Cornerbrook, Newfoundland aired her query which was distinctly
heard by all.
**Maureen Girvan was very fortunate to spot a tagged male Monarch Butterfly at Kingsbrae Gardens in St. Andrews on September 2. Maureen was able to get a few photographs to image a readable tag number to make this specimen traceable as to where and who tagged it. That information will be shared when received.
**On Tuesday, September 17th evening, the Moon passed
into the outer edges of the Earth's shadow to create a partial Lunar eclipse.
The Earth's shadow is composed of two parts -- a fainter, translucent outer
section called the penumbra that just darkens the Moon slightly, and a dark,
inner section called the umbra that creates a full eclipse. On Tuesday evening, the full Harvest Moon passed into the Earth's outer, penumbral shadow and
between 11:30 pm and midnight, a small section of the Moon entered the umbra
and became very dark.
This was a very minor eclipse, but as usual Brian
Stone stood out in his driveway for an hour or so in total to get the Harvest
Moon rising in its orange tint earlier and then in the penumbral shadow a
bit later and finally, the little segment of dark umbral shadow to complete the
event. He sends a composite image of these stages to show the Nature News
viewers and maybe make them a bit jealous that they didn't stand out in their
driveway in the dark in their pyjamas for more than an hour, and then process
photos till after midnight. Not everyone can have that much fun.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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