Last night, December 21, 2020, was the night of a rare astronomical event. Some were calling it the ‘Christmas Star’ or ‘Solstice Star’ but neither description is quite right as the ‘Great Conjunction’ refers to the alignment of two planets, Jupiter and Saturn. They were to be bright lights in the southwestern sky near the moon. One writeup compared their brightness to the star followed by the three Wise Men thousands of years ago.
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my winter solstice . . .
moon and stars
cloaked by clouds
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Though not a surprise after a day of rain, it was a disappointment. Today the sun has returned. Perhaps I will see Saturn and Jupiter tonight.
©️2020 Ontheland
Ontheland 
It was cloudy and rainy here, too.
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Sigh…
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Ditto on the clouds. But the light was there, even if we didn’t see it… (k)
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Ours too. But at least we know what went on behind those clouds. 😉
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or do we? …. (just kidding) 🙂
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3 days and not a chance of a view…. are well only another couple of hundred years to wait
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Sometimes I wonder if it is an advantage knowing about all the wonderful phenomena we can’t see because of cloud cover … happy holidays!
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Well we wait for another 200 odd years 😃
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We’ll have to drop by 😉
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I hope you getto see it. Cold and cloudy here too!
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We have had some clear night skies recently and Orion is wonderfully clear. I have been seeing the planets the last few months but sadly the clouds covered up the night they were closest to each other. I found it interesting to read bloggers all over the globe reporting rain and clouds on Solstice night!
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This lovely haiku is relevant to our solstice, Summer here in Melbourne but identical weather.
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Yes, I was surprised to learn that many bloggers had clouds and rain on Solstice… both north and south of the Equator.
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And cold as in 11oC instead of 35
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Wow that’s quite cold for summer!
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #8: Janice’s latest #haibun!
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Thank you, Frank 🙂
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Cloudy nights for us, too, but we watched the planets coming together for some time before the great conjunction. Alas…not the big days, though.
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Yes, I think I saw the two planets in the prior weeks too. I have since reminded myself that though many hyped events are concealed by clouds there is much to enjoy under clear skies whether making the headlines or not. Happy New Year!
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Haibunilicious! No show here, either. Maybe next time around in, what, another 800 years? Maybe this latest snow will be gone by then. Hmmm…
I loves me some good haibun & you gots one here for sure.
You might enjoy this one: https://eggsovertokyo.blogspot.com/2013/03/two-small-threes-by-five.html
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Thank you, Ron … will have to book my reincarnation 😉
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Also thanks for the link. I enjoyed it immensely.
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