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Cardiff Bay Sunset with Jupiter and Venus

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After several days of grey and gloom there was an amazing sunset in Cardiff Bay tonight – a gradual change from blue to black in the sky colour, but most amazing of all was that two planets were easily visible.

In the photo you can see Venus to the lower right (almost in the centre of the frame) and Jupiter above and to the left.  Venus is currently about 1.09AU (astronomical units) away – that’s about 101,321,918 miles!  Jupiter is about 5.66AU away – that’s about 526,130,324 miles!!

Click on the photo for a bigger view.

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Welsh Sign Translation

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A classic from the BBC News site today. The sign pictured left was erected in Swansea. The Welsh translation translates back as “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated.”

A classic copy and paste error. 🙂

See the original BBC article here for full details. Photo copyright BBC.

Cardiff Bay Sunset

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The light was pretty amazing in Cardiff Bay today especially at sunset.  I wandered out in front of the Senydd and took a few shots of the sky and the setting sun.

The clouds had some pretty amazing shapes and the St David’s Hotel and the surrounding apartment blocks looked great in silhouette.

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2nd Severn Crossing

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Strangely enough we found ourselves going across the Severn again this week and decided to cross on the original Severn Bridge.  The photo on the left shows the 2nd Severn Crossing in the distance.  The old bridge is being maintained again, as has been common over the last 30 years or so.  Luckily the new bridge means that the old bridge is pretty quiet these days.

Sunrise behind the Severn Bridge

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View of the sunrise behind the 2nd Severn Crossing 4th October 2008Not a very good photo I’m afraid but we were driving up to London yesterday and there was an amazing sunrise.  We were just approaching the 2nd Severn Crossing on the M4 and so we managed to catch the sunrise just peaking through the bridge.  The motorway was pretty quiet at 7am !!!!

Welsh Medal Winners Welcome Home

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Photo of Sean Nicole Cooke's cousin copyright Paul Thomas 2008Today was a great day for Wales in Cardiff Bay – the return of the Wales Olympic gold medal winners Nicole Cooke, Tom James and Geraint Thomas and silver medal winner David Davies.

I must admit that I have a bit of a soft spot for Nicole Cooke since she comes from close to where I live.  She’s from Wick in the Vale of Glamorgan.  The welcoming crowd in Cardiff Bay today seemed to agree – the biggest cheer was saved for Nicole though the organisers had arranged for her to be presented to the crowd last of all.

The photo at the top is of Nicole’s cousin Sean who came down to Cardiff to welcome her.

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