Epiphany 2012

And the light shines into the darkness and the darkness cannot overpower it.

Great Stellated Rhombicuboctahexagon

It is now officially Advent.

Beyond WOW!

Eastern Sierra Time Lapse 3 | Milky Way | Via Lactea from Jeff Chen Kuo Chih on Vimeo.

--Thanks to The Awesomer

Christmas Eve: Morning Star

In me shine, Jesus mine,
Fill my heart with light divine.



From Christi and David Melby-Gibbons of the GAPS community in Downey, CA.

Here's the Picture I Wanted

Here is what I wanted to get a picture of at the Tampa airport on Monday when I discovered that my camera was heading (even further) south. I did manage to get this one before it stopped behaving at all.

This is a chain of a "Mexican-type" restaurant/bar in airports. I noticed the same stars hanging at the one at Minneapolis-St. Paul. For those who may not know, I have always been told that these are Moravian Stars. Even Target called them that a few years ago when they sold them at Christmas. The history, as I have been told, was that these were a math project in the school in Herrnhut, Germany in the 1800s.

How then did the same star end up in such varied locales as Mexico (where I saw them in stores) and Andalusia Spain where I saw one- and my daughter bought one for us as a present when she was over there? There is no apparent difference in the style of the stars. Here's a picture I took of one.

If anyone can assist in figuring this out, let me know. I will do more research on it.