Maryhill Stonehenge WA.
The Maryhill Stonehenge was the first monument in the United States to honor the dead of World War I (specifically, soldiers from Klickitat County, Washington who had died in the then still on-going war). The altar stone is placed to be aligned with sunrise on the summer solstice. Hill, a Quaker, mistakenly believed that the original Stonehenge had been used as a sacrificial site, therefore constructed the replica as a reminder that humanity is still being sacrificed to the god of war.[1] [2] The monument was originally located in the center of Maryhill, which later burned down leaving only the Stonehenge replica. A second formal dedication of the monument took place upon its completion on May 30, 1929. Sam Hill, who died in 1931, lived long enough to see his Stonehenge completed.[3]
The dedication plaque on this Washington Stonehenge is inscribed:
In memory of the soldiers of Klickitat County who gave their lives in defense of their country. This monument is erected in the hope that others inspired by the example of their valor and their heroism may share in that love of liberty and burn with that fire of patriotism which death can alone quench.
Eclipse1979, Goldendale Washington
In 1979 there was a total solar eclipse that passed through the Pacific Northwest. The path of totality was expected to be in Goldendale Washington, so a group of us borrowed a van from Portland State University, packed our sleeping bags and tents into the back, and made the pilgrimage along with thousands of others to Goldendale. Back then, things were looser than they are today. Everyone camped on or around the airstrip and shared the craziness that always accompanies these mega-events. Goldendale was a great host city--it set up information booths, opened up its doors to the crowd, and was generally welcoming. Eclipse mania was rampant. People were selling stickers, t-shirts, french fries (save your eyes, eat our fries), and religion (Protect your eyes from the sun! Let the the son protect you!). It was crazy.
On the morning of the eclipse, it was hard to tell that anything special was going to happen by looking at the sky, which was cloudy and almost overcast, but there was no doubt that things were in full swing on the ground. Every kind of telescope, binoculars, shadow box, mylar goggles, and scientific gizmo were everywhere as people prepared for the big moment. People had boxes over their heads, looking at images of the eclipse, and 5-gallon ice cream containers were converted into eclipse viewers . Cool!.
So, even though we kind of knew what to expect, there was just no way to anticipate it when the moment finally arrived. I remember the lead-up to it, watching the moon take a bite out of the sun, slowly, slowly. And then there was the shadow on the landscape! Holy schmokes. That was something. The airstrip was slightly higher than the surrounding area, so we could see the moon's shadow racing across the ground from the horizon. It almost had a physical quality to it and it was moving so fast that it felt like we should have recoiled as it approached.
Totality was amazing. I've never experienced anything like it before or since. The light was twilight, but not quite twilight. It was daylight, but not quite daylight. It's hard to describe it. It's easy to understand how ancient peoples might have thought that the gods were somehow involved. We were all warned and prepared not to look directly at the sun, but it was hard to avoid during totality and after, especially when the diamond ring appeared. My pictures show that there were two solar flares at the bottom of the sun's disk, but I don't remember seeing them during the event itself. I must have been worrying about the gods.
There had been months of build-up to this event, and when it was over in only a few minutes, it was fun to watch the transformation that came over the crowd. Now people were eager to pack up their gear, get out of town,, head back to their lives. A few entrepreneurial souls found gold in selling buttons and other memorabilia from the event, but mostly people just wanted to get out of town. We did, too. The traffic jams were astronomical!
A note about this video: It was made by scanning in 140 Kodachrome slides that have sat in my closet for 35 years. It was a slow and tedious process, and I didn't make a huge effort to color-correct the images or to try to clean the dust off. Also, they were taken WAY before the digital photography by a photographer (me) who was still learning how to do it right. Many of the pictures are over- or under-exposed, but I kept them in because they're part of the story. I did eliminate a few of the redundant or unrecoverably bad ones, so this has shifted the synchronization with the music a little bit, but not enough to warrant redoing it. The music is by Herb Alpert (Whipped Cream & Other Delights), Doc Watson (Bill Cheatam and Blackberry Blossom), and Paul Winter (Icarus, from the Common Ground album). Every time I hear one of those pieces, I'm transported back to that amazing time in 1979.
This is not a NASA presentation about the solar eclipse. It's an 11-minute photo essay about our journey to the sun in very different times than we live in today. Enjoy it for what it is. See you in 2017!
Stonehenge - A full size replica in Maryhill, Washington
High above the Columbia Gorge separating the states of Washington and Oregon, you will find Maryhill Stonehenge, the first monument in the United States to honor the dead of World War I. It was built by Sam Hill and was originally dedicated on July 4, 1918. The altar stone is placed to be aligned with sunrise on the Summer Solstice. The monument was originally located in the center of Maryhill, which later burned down leaving only the Stonehenge replica. A second formal dedication of the monument took place upon its completion on May 30, 1929. Sam Hill, who died in 1931, lived long enough to see his Stonehenge completed.
This sequence was shot in 2005.
Music: Private Reflection ISRC: US-UAN-11-00587 by Kevin MacLeod, (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Goldendale Observatory
A brief look at the Goldendale Observatory in southern Washington state near the Oregon border.
FBI SECRET SOCIETY = DEEP STATE ! CORRUPTION IS RAMPANT IN WASHINGTON !
Just want people to watch this link. Hannity breaks it down perfectly !
6K drone aerial video of a wide view of the Columbia River in Goldendale, Washington | DX0001_000475
6K drone aerial stock footage video of a view of the Columbia River; Goldendale, Washington
Campsite at maryhill and Barge
Thousands of Teachers In Washington State Strike Over Salaries
On Thursday Reuters reported that nearly 80,000 students in Washington state were unable to attend the first day of school this week as thousands of teachers went on strike seeking higher salaries. Educators in seven school districts in southwestern Washington were on strike as early as mid-August and the number of walkouts was expected to rise. The state on Tuesday gave their union authority to call for a strike unless a contract deal is reached before classes resume there on September 5.
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Our Vacation: Day 4- Maryhill Museum, Washington
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AAS Eclipse Workshop 2017
On 21 August 2017, a total eclipse of the Sun will cross the United States from coast to coast, giving tens of millions of people in a 70-mile-wide path from Oregon to South Carolina a chance to see the solar corona and experience all phases of the eclipse. The Moon's shadow will sweep across the country starting mid morning in Oregon with just under two minutes of totality and reaching maximum duration of approximately 2 minutes 40 seconds in Southern Illinois before exiting over South Carolina mid afternoon.
Outside the path of totality, all of North America will experience a partial eclipse. This event, the first total solar eclipse to touch the US mainland since 1979 and the first to span the continent since 1918, presents a unique opportunity to excite people about science and connect them personally to the cosmos, as well as to conduct several important scientific observations. We are a working group dedicated to the science and public outreach of this unique event.
The Eclipse 2017 Workshop IV took place in Carbondale, Illinois, on Friday and Saturday, 10 and 11 June 2016, at the SIU Carbondale Student Center, hosted by Bob Baer and Shadia Habbal.
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00:01:02 Shadia Habbal, Professor - University of Hawaii The Magic of Total Solar Eclipses
00:19:19 Charles Fulco, Science Consultant Eclipses 101: Introducing the Great American Eclipse
00:40:42 David Baron, Writer Using the Eclipse to Illuminate History
01:00:32 Jay Ryan, AmericanEclipseUSA.com Illustrating the Eclipse
01:17:32 Fred Espenak, Goddard Space Flight Center Glorious Totality
01:44:31 Michael Zeiler, GreatAmericanEclipse.com A Tour of the Great American Eclipse
02:15:42 Press Conference – Brad Colwell, SIUC Interim Chancellor
02:16:53 Press Conference—Fred Espenak, Goddard Space Flight Center
02:20:51 Press Conference—Shadia Habbal, Professor—University of Hawaii
02:26:08 Press Conference—Angela Speck, Professor—University of Missouri
02:28:55 Press Conference—Lou Mayo, NASA
02:38:40 Press Conference Q&A
02:47:46 Matt Penn, National Solar Observatory Citizen CATE Experiment: 2015, 2016, 2017
03:06:30 Lika Guhathakurta, NASA 2017 Eclipse: The 100 Year Eclipse
03:23:16 Lou Mayo, NASA Eclipse 2017: Through the Eyes of NASA
03:38:57 Chris Giersch, NASA EDGE
03:49:26 Bob Baer, SIUC Eclipse Co-Chair Eclipse 2017: SIUC Preparations
04:03:46 Michelle Nichols, Adler Planetarium Adler Planetarium: The Year of the Eclipse
04:16:04 Jim Todd, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Total Solar Eclipse: Oregon
04:32:01 John Jerit & Paulo Aur, American Paper Optics
04:47:05 Sophie Margolis & Mark Margolis, Rainbow Symphony Eclipse Safety and Solar Viewing
05:00:32 Don Ficken, St. Louis Astronomical Society & Trish Erzfeld, Heritage County Tourism St. Louis Eclipse 2017
05:11:04 Michael Bakich, Astronomy Magazine Eclipse Preparations in St. Joseph
05:21:35 Michael Zeiler, GreatAmericanEclipse.com Leveraging Social Media for Outreach
05:41:30 Dan McGlaun, Eclipse 2017.org Alaska Airlines Flight 870