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JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — A Full Moon? Easter? April Fool’s Day? Well, Kind Of

Did you see that big old moon setting in the southwest this morning? Me, too. And then I thought, this is really cool, a full moon, Easter and April Fool’s Day, all at once. Except that’s not possible. It’s not possible to have a full moon Easter Sunday. Because the rule is, Easter is celebrated the first Sunday AFTER the …


RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — The Sky’s The Limit

The sky has provided a backdrop for Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons the past few weeks. Whether it is a glowing sunrise or sunset, a majestic full moon or storm clouds rising, Russ displays a knack for capturing the essence of celestial beauty as it graces the Northland. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.

JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — Reflections On A White Sky

Call it our own private little Christmas miracle, if you will. It happened. After weeks and weeks of what I call a “white sky” over Bismarck every night — a function of city lights bouncing off a completely overcast sky — we had given up hope of seeing the expected nearly full moon on Christmas Eve. They say the real …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse

What happened in the sky Sunday night hadn’t occurred in 33 years. And it won’t be visible again for 18 years. What is it? It’s a total supermoon lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon, and Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons captured it in these amazing shots. The supermoon total lunar eclipse is a confluence of three things: The moon is full and …