FW: Crescent Moon Alert

[Joel S. Berson]

How mundane!

Joel

At 4/5/2008 07:13 PM, David A. Daniel wrote:
>Yes. The guy who saw a similar sight a month ago was so in awe of, and
>distracted by, the beauty of the event that he crashed his car. This is the
>"perilous beauty".
>DAD
>
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>Laurence Horn
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>Subject: Re: FW: Crescent Moon Alert
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>At 2:29 PM -0400 4/5/08, Wilson Gray wrote:
> >What does "perilous beauty" mean?
> >
> >-Wilson
>
>Apparently, from the article, beauty sufficient to impel one to drive
>into a concrete barrier and total one's car, which is perilous enough
>for me.
>
>LH
>
>
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> >
> >On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 8:22 AM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
>-----
> >>
> >>   Sorry folks. I get this stuff from NASA and just could not resist
> >>forwarding
> >>   it on to the list, given recent discussions...
> >>
> >>   DAD
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>    _____
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> >>   From: NASA Science News [mailto:snglist at snglist.msfc.nasa.gov]
> >>   Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:28 PM
> >>   To: NASA Science News
> >>   Subject: Crescent Moon Alert
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>   NASA Science News for April 4, 2008
> >>
> >>   A crescent moon of perilous beauty is about to appear in the evening
>sky.
> >>   The best night to look is Tuesday, April 8th, when the moon joins the
> >>   Pleiades star cluster for a must-see conjunction.
> >>
> >>   FULL STORY at
> >>
> >>
>http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/04apr_crescentmoon.htm?list159588
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