February Mensagenda Cover Art
Partial Lunar Eclipse - 12/10/11
Photo by Mark K. Connolly
About the Cover
by RJ Erhardt
This month's cover, Partial Lunar Eclipse - 12/10/11, is a photo by Mark K. Connolly, who writes: "The eclipse was on 12-10-11 at 5 AM to 7 AM. In MN we saw only the very start of the eclipse, just before sunrise. I took the photos from the boat launch at Turtle Lake in Shoreview, MN as it has a good view facing west. After setting up at 5 AM with camera heaters, computer control of the camera from inside the warmth of my truck and an insulating cover to keep the frost off of the camera (temp was 7F with wind chill at -7F), I initiated taking photos every 30 seconds for the entire time. Unfortunately the clouds came in and seeing was drastically reduced. The one good shot I got was through a short time when there was a break in the clouds.
"There will be a partial solar eclipse in May but you have to be in southwest of the USA to see it. Another astronomical event in 2012 is a transit of Venus across the disk of the sun on June 4th. This happens 2 times, 8 years apart, every 100 years. The last one was in 2004 so this is our only chance to see it."
See pages 8 & 9 of the February Mensagenda for more of Mark's astrological photographs.
Mensans! We need your cover art! Send your cover submissions to me at e-mail RPErhardt@ErhardtProducts.com with “Mensa” in the subject line. E-mailed graphics should be 6” wide, 300 dpi, and in jpeg or tiff format. Or mail your art instead to RJ Erhardt, 2379 Snowshoe Court East, Maplewood, MN 55119, and I will be happy to scan it for you. Please add a few sentences in your e-mail describing your cover.
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