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Hey Gary:<br>
<br>
Not sure if any of you have attended the Wood Buffalo Dark Sky
Festival near Fort Smith NWT (see pages 20 - 24 of Sept/Oct SkyNews)
however it is coming up on Aug. 22 - 24. We will unfortunately miss
it as we fly back from Yellowknife to Toronto on the 22nd, returning
to Yellowknife on Sept. 5th.<br>
<br>
There is obviously not too much star gazing occurring here through
the summer (with 22 hours of daylight in late June), however we're
currently losing about an hour of daylight every 10-12 days
........... so star gazing & aurora viewing will soon be amazing
again !!!!<br>
<br>
Our 2nd challenge this year are the vast number of forest fires that
are smoking us out. The only road in/out of Yellowknife is closed
more than it's open. You can see the current fire situation up here
via this link (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nwtfire.com/cms/">http://www.nwtfire.com/cms/</a>). Click on the Live Fire
Map link, unclick the "fire danger" selector and click the "NWT
Wildfires" selector. We're surrounded by fire in Yellowknife (Johnny
Cash's "Burning Ring of Fire" comes to mind). Not much of a summer
up here - the only good thing is smoked meat (bison, moose, bear)
just walks right into town ............... yum, smoked bison !!!<br>
<br>
We may have a chance to attend a Hamilton RASC event while we're
back. If not, we'll be sure to come out when we're back again for 3
weeks over X-Mas & New Years.<br>
<br>
Have a great week<br>
<br>
Ken, Elizabeth & Jakob Baigent<br>
<br>
The local paper had a fun cartoon in advance of the Dary Sky
Festival<br>
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<img alt="" src="cid:part1.03080500.07040207@cogeco.ca" height="545"
width="547"><br>
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