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Friday
November 07, 2003
front page photo by Carl Thompson
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Ketchikan: Front
Page Photo 'Ketchikan at Sunrise' - This photograph was taken
looking towards Ketchikan from the walking path along the road
between the Coast Guard Base and Saxman at approximately 7:20
am Thursday. The Coast Guard Cutter is the Acushnet. View 'Annette
Island at Sunrise' photo by Carl Thompson...
Ketchikan/Alaska:
Elkins'
comments sink nomination; Name yanked once governor hears boast
of buying state Senate seat - Governor Frank Murkowski has
dumped Jim Elkins, the Ketchikan Republican he earlier appointed
to the state Senate seat vacated by Robin Taylor. - Read
more... Ketchikan/Alaska:
Murkowski changes mind on Senate appointment - Former Ketchikan
bar owner Jim Elkins is apparently out as a new state senator.
- Read
more... Alaska: Salmon
harvest report: 173 million fish caught for an ex-vessel value
of $195 million; Salmon season was the eighth-highest fish
harvest since 1975 - This year's commercial salmon season
was the eighth-highest fish harvest since 1975, but ranked 25th
in value to fishermen, according to the state Department of Fish
and Game. - Read
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Ketchikan:
Alaska: Lunar eclipse Saturday - On Saturday, Nov. 8th, the full moon will glide through our earth's shadow producing a total lunar eclipse for skywatchers throughout North America, Europe and Africa. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon form a near-straight line in space, so that the full Moon passes through Earth's shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which requires special equipment to observe safely, you can watch a lunar eclipse with unaided eyes. The most impressive part starts when the Moon's leading edge first enters the main shadow, or umbra, and the partial eclipse begins. Over the next hour or so, the Moon will slip into darkness. The total eclipse begins when the Moon is fully inside the umbra, but it won't be completely blacked out. The totally eclipsed Moon should
still be visible as a dark gray or brown-red disk in the sky,
and this colour is caused by sunlight scattered in our atmosphere.
Its brightness depends on the amount of dust in the Earth's upper
atmosphere at the time, which influences how much sunlight filters
through. - Read
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Alaska Science: Black Spot on the Sun Creates a Show by Ned Rozell - While driving in a dense fog a few days ago, Matt Barkdull was able to look directly at the sun as it hung like a disc in the shaded portion of his windshield. While taking the rare opportunity to look at our closest star, he noticed a dark blotch on the sun's face. A computer network manager at the International Arctic Research Center, Barkdull later described the spot to Syun-Ichi Akasofu, the director of the research center and one of the world's foremost experts on the aurora. Akasofu told Barkdull that
he had seen a large sunspot, one that spits out solar flares
resulting in auroras overhead in Germany, rare red auroras throughout
the northern hemisphere, and disruption of high-frequency radio
communications in the north. The solar flares that erupted from
the sunspot included three of the largest flares scientists have
seen in this new era of satellites. - Read
more...
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