So we have been experiencing some really warm weather up here in Minnesota of late. For mid March, it has been freakishly warm, pushing 80 during the day and still in the 70's or upper 60's a few hours after sunset.
Last night I went to visit a brother out in the country, and we took a walk in the warm night to some train tracks about a 1000 feet from the house. Southern Minnesota has a distinct lack of hills, so there were great views all the way down to the horizon in almost all directions.
You could distinctly make out the winter Milky Way as it crossed from Auriga down into the space between Orion and Canis Major. And then I thought, that any night you can view Orion while wearing just shirt sleeves is a good night.
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