Holiday Lights

Whether you celebrate the season for its inherent beauty, or you project on it some religious significance, winter is indeed a special time of year. Festive decorations adorn many a house. At night, with snow blanketing eveything and reflecting the colored lights, this takes on a magical quality.

Jet Show

Thunderbird #5.


Intercepting the bogie business jet.


One down, climbing back to altitude...


Scramble the Warthog!


Warthog is off.


UAE has an airforce?


Jet moon.


Taxi home.


Ever wonder where little jets come from?


Governator to the rescue.


Power to spare.


Yes, these are scale models. Well, except for the business jet - that one's real.

Compare this model to the real Thunderbird #5.

Moon, Jupiter, Venus

Early this evening, the three brightest objects in the night sky, the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus appeared unusually close together.
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