Author: Alberniweather
-
Success! Seeing Venus transit of the Sun from Port Alberni!
Update! Some last ones from Brian Hartt posted at the bottom. Spooky! The skies finally started to clear in the past couple hours and the sun is now visible along with Venus! (using the proper equipment, see previous post!) A local resident, Brian Hartt, has taken some excellent pictures with his telescope! Click for full…
-
Can you see Venus through the clouds?
Today is a very special day! Today the planet Venus will pass between the Earth and the Sun. As I heard yesterday on the CBC, this is a very rare event, the next time it happens will not be for another 105 years. It’s also one of the most important events astronomically because it was…
-
Blacked Out in protest of Bill C-38 the Budget Bill
I am protesting the muzzling and huge cuts to federal scientists, science programs, fisheries and Coast Guard that will inevitably affect this websites ability to bring you news of *Canadian* scientific discovery and advancement in the environment and weather fields. You can email the MP for Nanaimo Alberni James Lunney at Lunney.J@parl.gc.ca Read more at…
-
Server Migration — Some Downtime today
Hi everyone. My hosting provider has let me know that I’ve outgrown my webspace (surprise surprise with the move to HD :+) ) and they’ll be moving my webspace to another server. There will be some downtime here as the move is completed over the day today. It should start around Noon and take a…
-
GoPro setup for permanent time lapse
I’m hoping that this will be the near-final configuration for the webcam. Here is my little GoPro HD camera that is now the webcam for Alberniweather.ca Here is it in its box (to give a little protection from the sun). And here’s the actual camera. It’s plugged into a USB charger to give it power…