Seattle Snowmageddon 2007 Part Deux : The Re-Freezening

It snowed yet again in the wee hours of the morning. That's the third time this winter. Scottland is working from home again and we look forward to tales of 8 hour commutes to work from our friends.

West Seattle Winter Wonderland

Complete with cars spinning their tires as they attempt to climb the supremely icey road immediately south of our house. Not as many people are trying it this time around, so I'm guessing a lot of people have learned their lesson from the storm in late November. Apparently west seattle got the brunt of the "Great Blizzard of 2007", as they're predictably calling it on the evening news.

Caught Comet McNaught

As promised, I have managed to take a picture of the comet this evening as the weather was cooperating quite nicely. Nothing like a nice mass of freezing cold arctic air to suck the clouds from the sky. It's amazing what you can do with just a digital camera and a railing to set it on while you take a longer exposure.

Comet McNaught!!!

You'll have to take my word for it, but the very faint smudge just a little below the center is my very own photo of Comet McNaught. This morning while perusing APOD I learned that this comet (which I'd read a bit about on APOD at an earlier date) had brightened significantly in the last few days and was now visible to the naked eye. I ran over to a good vantage point this morning to try and see it, but couldn't. Later that day I used "Your Sky" to figure out where and when I'd have to look to see the comet. I figured I would have to wait until Thursday (When a mass of bitterly cold polar air is forecast to rid the sky of clouds for two days) to get another chance. I was wrong. The sky miraculously cleared about half an our before sunset this evening (Jan 10th) and stayed clear long enough for me to watch the comet for about 20 minutes. It was awesome. I haven't seen a comet with my own two eyes since Hale-Bopp in 1997.