Dentonia Park

Dentonia Park wears a freshly washed look after recent rainfall. The city is still in phase two of the reopening process after the COVID-19 pandemic. This park is usually a hub of sporting activities during this time of the year. Not much activity this summer as people of the area are observing caution.

The Tragic Sense of Life

 

Dr. Agnes Jurati: What’s your book about?

Captain Cristóbal Rios: The existential pain of living with the consciousness of death, and how it defines us as human beings.

Dr. Agnes Jurati: Well, that’s not a conversation killer at all.

(Star Trek Picard: S 1, E 4)

The conversation is about the book "The Tragic Sense of Life" by Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno.  

Thunder Moon

July's full moon is traditionally called a Thunder Moon because of the summer storms that occur in this month. It is also called a Buck Moon as male deer grow new antlers in early summer. 

This full moon was also a partial penumbral eclipse. This kind of eclipse occurs when the Moon, Earth, and the Sun are not perfectly aligned. In this case, the moon passes through the more diffuse outer shadow of Earth called the penumbra. The resultant moon is marginally less illuminated than the regular full moon. 

July versus June's full moon illumination.

View from my balcony

View from my balcony at day five of the fourteen-day mandatory quarantine period after international travel.

I am trying to remain busy by reading, watching movies, plane spotting and bird watching.

Contrails or Chemtrails

I was trying to photograph day time Moon when this passenger plane appeared overhead. These wispy line-shaped clouds are called Contrails (short for "condensation trails") and are formed by engine exhaust at high altitudes. These are mostly water ice and can also help to increase cloudiness in a given area. Conspiracy theorists call them "Chemtrails" and believe that certain chemicals are being sprayed through these trails by the government to control the general public.

Here is another attempt that is marginally better than the above snap. I think this has the potential to be turned into a hobby like birdwatching or trainspotting. One can take snaps and catalogue different types of planes and mark their schedules. 

Update: Aircraft spotting is already an established hobby along with 'Bus spotting' and 'Satellite watching' according to Wikipedia.