by FLEK Admin | Aug 26, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:06 AM Sunset: 7:37 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 31 minutes Sweltering heat waves were becoming a common thing across Vermont in the 1940s, in part because of global temperature rises, and in part due to the lack of forest cover at the time. On this...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 25, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The dark, moonless evenings feature the brightest section of the Milky Way due south near 10:00 PM. We are viewing into the heart of our galaxy, where the density of stars is estimated to be up to one million times more dense than our skies, 25 thousand light...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 25, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:05 AM Sunset: 7:39 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 34 minutes Late August is the time that colder locations expect to see their first taste of frost. Such was the case on this date in 1987, when thermometer dropped to record levels in a few places....
by FLEK Admin | Aug 24, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Looking low above the southern horizon at 10 o’clock, the vapors of the Milky Way seem to steam upward, a nice connection to the teapot-shaped pattern, due south, the brighter stars of Sagittarius. Although imagined as a centaur with a bow and arrow, the...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 24, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:04 AM Sunset: 7:40 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 36 minutes On this date in 1893 the first of three tropical storms to affect the region in an unusually busy season. This first storm raced from western tip of Long Island early in the day, and raced...
