How About a TOE Update!!

Nine days into June and this part of the big planet is lovely, cool and dry conditions reign but as is always the case, that is about to change. The cut-off system bringing in the cool, north Atlantic air is moving on and a big ridge, dominated by a Bermuda high, will be pumping in the moist, steamy air from the south Atlantic; the reality of the pending summer will arrive Sunday and dominate the east coast for much of next week. Get out and enjoy the next couple of days before AC will be a safer place to be.
The USGS SI volcano list is a Ring of Fire who's who of volcanoes, from Chile all the way round to Indonesia, 2 dozen volcanoes, all the usual suspects, on this weeks list. Only Kilauea is not on the ring but it's like the axle with all the lesser peaks spewing around its always erupting center. Must be rocking out there in Hawaii, a 5.3 earthquake shook the big island earlier today.  That was the largest quake on today's list...so far. As usual, Oklahoma still feels like low oil prices are better than a stable state, with fracking continuing followed by salt water emplacement into deep formations leading to daily quakes. Glad I'm long gone from the Sooner state!
The June Full moon was exactly one hour ago as I type this but, not to worry you will see it as full tonight and it will have a companion planet just to its right: Saturn. And, while the ringed world is fairly low in the sky for northern viewers it is about as close as it gets (perihelion) in its 30ish year solar revolution to Earth and officially at opposition next Wednesday (directly behind the Earth from the sun and rising about sunset, setting at sunrise - just like a full moon) as well as having its rings tipped toward Earth for our viewing pleasure. Just to the west (right) of the moon/Saturn pairing you will find Scorpio, with orange-red Antares at its heart.
Jupiter is still the brightest star-like object in the evening, high in the south at sunset, above Virgo's bright star (but way dimmer than Jupiter) Spica. Looking up to your left and overhead will spike you to bright Arcturus and following a curved path, an arc, will guide you to the big dipper. Now you can reverse that path and see the easy way to get to Spica - follow the arc of the dipper's handle to Arcturus and then spike straight to Spica. Venus is bright in the east for early risers and Mars and Mercury are lost in the sun's glare this month. But, tonight, get out and check out the moon and Saturn, might be worth a photo opportunity-albeit a tricky one.
And, only 73 days till the great American Solar Eclipse. Get your plans finalized! Get out and enjoy the loveliness, today on Earth.