Colorado Picture
APOD: 2001 October 30 - Anticrepuscular Rays Over Colorado
Explanation: What's happening over the horizon? Although the scene may appear somehow supernatural , nothing more unusual is occurring than a setting Sun and some well placed clouds. Pictured above are anticrepuscular rays . To understand them, start by picturing common crepuscular rays that are seen any time that sunlight pours though scattered clouds. Now although sunlight indeed travels along straight lines , the projections of these lines onto the spherical sky are great circles . Therefore, the crepuscular rays from a setting (or rising) sun will appear to re-converge on the other side of the sky. At the anti-solar point 180 degrees around from the Sun , they are referred to as anticrepuscular rays . Pictured above is a particularly striking set of anticrepuscular rays photographed earlier this month from a moving car just outside of Boulder, Colorado , USA . ... [Read More]
Colorado State Capitol
At 11:30 a.m., nearly an hour behind schedule, John Blood directed the Masonic choir ofalmost one thousand voices in the singing of "America." Thus the programdedicating the new building began. Chaplain Eugene Guisson offered the invocation. GrandMaster William Bridewell then conducted the ritual of the laying of the corner-stone.Among the articles placed in the copper box and sealed in the corner-stone at thenortheast corner of the building were copies of the Colorado and Federal constitutions, aHoly Bible, an American Flag, an 1890 Denver City Directory, a map of Colorado, as seriesof gold coins, an 1811 edition of Pikes Journal , numerous state government reports,and copies of local newspapers. A picture showing an artist’s concept of the finishedbuilding was enclosed together with a copy of the Geddis-Seerie contract. The laying ofthe corner-stone was followed by four orations interspersed with musical renditions. ... [Read More]
Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration13
notify you when the request has been approved. Upon approval, you may have your picture taken between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday (holidays excluded) at the Division's administrative office. For security purposes, you must present a valid driver's license or other state-issued photo identification. ... [Read More]
Biographies, office of the Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
Ernest brings a rich heritage to his position as the son of Ernest House, Sr., Ute Mountain Tribal Leader, and the great-grandson of Chief Jack House who was the last Traditional Chief of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and whose picture adorns the dome of the Colorado State Capitol. ... [Read More]
APOD: 2005 July 15 - Reflections on the Inner Solar System
Only Mars is missing from this reflective view of the majorrocky bodies of the inner solar system .Captured on July 8th, the serene, twilight picture looks out over theFlat Tops Wilderness area from near Toponas, Colorado, USA andincludes planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Earth's largenatural satellite, the Moon.The Moon is in a young crescentphase about three degrees abovebright planet Venus. Forest fires contribute to a layer ofsmoke in Earth's sky that almost hides planet Mercury ,still visible very near the horizon.Just a week earlier Venus and Mercury were joined bySaturn, forming a notable grouping in the west alsoenjoyed by skygazers across planet Earth . ... [Read More]
Civilian Conservation Corps in Colorado
Several publicity sub-series exist which include newspaper and magazine articles, radioprograms, and press releases regarding the Colorado CCC. There is an extensive file ofnewspaper and magazine article clippings with numerous pictures and photographs which span1933-1942. There are also scripts of radio programs that focus on the CCC. These areparticularly valuable as they show the public side of the CCC. ... Photographs, glass slides, a motion picture, and copper plates visually documentthe CCC in Colorado. Some 300 photographs document specific projects and camp life. TheCSDPW collected photographs for its newsletter and used them for publicity and exhibits.Very few lack specific identification. ... [Read More]
Colorado Dept of Personnel and Administration (DPA) - State Purchasing Office (SPO)
A few manufacturers might argue that once a model/design number has been certified to meet NIJ standards that all future tests of the product - even a brand-new, out-of-the-box vest - should be “re-tests” only using the NIJ dry V-50 ballistic limit test. However, Colorado believes that the CVT provides a clearer picture of how actual new vests will perform in the field. This is due in part to the fact that the pre-April 18, 2005 NIJ standard permitted use of a larger sample of vest material, which typically has a greater ability to disperse the energy of a projectile impact than a smaller standard-sized vest. ... [Read More]
Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
You and your victims had had a weary march, and when the shadow of the mountains fell upon your little party and night drew her sable curtain around you, your unsuspecting victims lay down the ground and were soon lost in the sleep of the weary; and when thus sweetly unconscious of danger from any quarter, and particularly from you, their trusted companion; you cruelly and brutally slew them all. Whether your murderous hand was guided by the misty light of the moon, or the flickering blaze of the campfire, you can only tell. No eye saw the bloody deed performed, no ear save your own caught the groans of your dying victims. You then and there robbed the living of life, and then robbed the dead of the reward of honest toil which they had accumulated; at least so say the jury. To other sickening details of your crime I will not refer. Silence is kindness. I do not say these things to harrow your soul, for I know you have drunk the cup of bitterness to its very dregs, and wherever you hav ... [Read More]
drought page
For the year, the precipitation picture has improved with recent storm patterns, bringing most basins within a few percentage point of average or keeping them above average . The prominent exception is the populous South Platte basin that lags behind at 84% of average. ... [Read More]
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