It's dark now and Mars is ruling the night, no moon rise yet, but the real sky show is early morning when Venus rules the eastern sky - with the waning gibbous moon settling into the west. Venus is SOOOO bright, it's gotta be a plane, spacecraft, it's just too bright. Without the moon there would probably be Venus shadows. Below Venus, which is sitting between the two main stars in the balance that is Libra (but named as the claws of Scorpio), is bright Antares, the heart of Scorpio. Didn't see it this morning for clouds, but below Antares is Mercury. Early risers (dog walking here...) enjoy the brilliant pre-dawn sky.
Calm-ish day with earthquakes, but Indonesia is still edgy after the volcanic landslide induced tsunamis from the Anak Krakatau ongoing eruption. 135 years ago the big daddy, Krakatoa's eruption with island demolition sent tsunamis around the world, twice. Not an island to be trifled with or ignored.
You likely had to bundle up to go out on your xmas rounds today, mostly sunny but mid-forties was it here. Tomorrow will be a little warmer as will Thursday when clouds fill back in ahead of a rainy mess overnight and into Friday. What would 2018 be without another 1"+ rain event!!
Hope you had a lovely December 25th and all your wishes came true, Today on Earth.
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