The Fifth of the Nine-Nines—nine periods of nine days each, each period marked by some description of winter weather—began on January 27. This is Tavisan Budaa Khöldökhgui, the time when “Cooked Rice Cannot Be Frozen.” I must admit I really don’t understand the definition of this period. Maybe someone can explain it to me? Anyhow, this morning, the fourth day of the fifth Nine-Nine, the temperature at 4:00 AM was —20º F with a high this afternoon projected to be 7ºF. This is considerable warmer than the Fourth Nine-Nine, when temperatures got down to –44ºF, so maybe we are over the hump as far as cold weather is concerned.
Today is also the 12th Moon Day. The Waxing Gibbous Moon is 87.5% illuminated.
2 comments:
Why are there dark splotches on the moon? Is it mold on the cheese?
No, it is not mold on the cheese. The Moon is not made of cheese, as you seem to think. Those large dark patches are lunar “Maria”—vast plains of solidified basalt formed when ancient impact basins filled with lava. The maria are composed of iron‑rich basaltic lavas that reflect less sunlight than the brighter, anorthositic highlands, so they appear as dark “seas” to the eye.
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