Mars and a Colourful Lunar Fog Bow

Arching across the lower part of the image above is a rare lunar fog bow. Unlike a more commonly seen rainbow, which is created by sunlight reflected prismatically by falling rain, this fog bow was created by moonlight reflected by the small water drops that compose fog. Although most fog bows appear white, all of the colours of the rainbow were somehow visible here. The above image was taken from high atop Haleakala, a huge volcano in Hawaii, USA, by Wally Pacholka. 2 Feb 2010 APOD

Friday, 19 February 2010

Torn a muscle

Well I could have done without this....

Caught my trouser leg on a nail sticking out of my raised bed and fell headlong onto the concrete patio flags...ouch! I was carrying a pot but nothing was broken. Put my hand out to break my fall which meant my shoulder took my full weight. That was a week ago and I still can't lift my arm out sideways.

Off to GP this afternoon in case more serious than I thought and I've torn the Deltoid muscle connected to the rotator cuff in the shoulder joint. 4-6 weeks for it to mend completely and all I got was some Ibuprofen gel to rub into it 3 times a day. Oh and take more paracetemol for the pain....hey ho! Have to keep using it, just not the way I want to, otherwise may get a frozen shoulder.

So will have to sweet talk my ex boyfriend into coming over from Manchester, 40 miles away, to dig over the ground for me.

Fortunately I don't give up easily and I can use my left arm equally to my right. Not ampidextrous (is that the right spelling?) Not sure about the digging bit. Still off to the Potato Day tomorrow, see what I can pick up and the Moon calendar says Sunday good for tomatoes and beans. Sowing Marmande tomatoes and some crimson flowered broad beans to start me off.
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