LOL!!! Naturally, my eyes are NOT as good as they used to be--probably
couldn't even enjoy viewing it with my glasses on...

Warmest regards,
John

"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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| John Smith wrote:
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| What is "time?" If I trapped it in a bottle--what would I be looking
at?
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| Probably similar to a photon trapped in a bottle! 8^)
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| - Mike KB3EIA -
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| "Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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| | Cecil Moore wrote:
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| | John Smith wrote:
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| | Yes, we have a precise measurement of that exact moment!!! (when
the
| | Earth began its' first revolution!!!)
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| |
| | Precisely 4.5 billion years ago. :-) Strange as it may seem,
| | there is evidence, gathered by comparing Bristlecone Pine
| | rings to atomic dating methods, that a second today is
| | shorter than a second was yesterday. Shortening the length
| | of a second gives a whole new meaning to the Red Shift.
| |
| | I had the great fortune of attending a talk given by a paleontologist,
| | in which he noted that microgrowth rings of fossil shells do indeed
show
| | that the day length has indeed shortened. Although he was careful not
to
| | draw any definitive conclusions - yet - it was apparent that due to
the
| | changes in the Earth's orbit over time were giving rise to changes in
| | the length of the solar day, which in turn end up changing the length
of
| | all the units that we use to measure time.
| |
| | That time occurs is not all that arguable to me. Our measurements of
it
| | is a modifiable thing tho'.
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| | - Mike KB3EIA -
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| | - Mike KB3EIA
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