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GNW: Open Invitation for Leap Day 2012

Wed Feb 8, 2012 7:02 AM EST
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By etva

© 2012 by Rottlady (with permission)

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That's right!  This year is a leap year, and to celebrate, NVP is sponsoring a Leap-Day-Sun Project!

Everyone is invited to participate, even if you aren't a member of Newsvine Photographers.  All you need is a camera and a Newsvine account.

How to Participate:

On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (Leap Day) grab your camera and take pictures of your sunrise and/or sunset.  Don't worry about the weather; if it's raining or snowing, just take a photo and demonstrate that the sun was in hiding in your time zone.

On Friday, March 2, 2012, post your photos on Newsvine and include the tag " leap-day-sun ". 

Also, be sure to tell us your general location, so we can watch the sun's progression across the globe.

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Rottlady's article on the Leap-Day-Sun event can be found here!

Dowser's article on the Leap-Day-Sun Map can be found here!

Virginia Sunset © 2012 by etva

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etva

This event is open to everyone, so I hope all my NV friends will join us in tracking the Leap Day sun -- after all, it only happens every four years, and being that 2012 is the endtimes, we get bonus points this year!

  • 6 votes
Reply#1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 7:03 AM EST
Ben Josephs

Can you link the original article in this reminder?

  • 4 votes
#1.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 8:48 AM EST
etva

All the articles tagged leap-day-sun are linked at the Leap Day Sun Photo, but I'll add a seperate link to Rottlady's article in the body of mine. Thanks, Ben:)

  • 4 votes
#1.2 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 10:06 AM EST
McSpocky

I think this is an AWESOME idea! I hope to participate. :)

  • 5 votes
#1.3 - Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:44 AM EST
etva

That's great, McSpocky! Looking forward to it!

  • 2 votes
#1.4 - Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:24 AM EST
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Anna-90776

Oh, oh!! Extra bonus points!! I'll be participating! Thanks etva:)

  • 6 votes
Reply#2 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 7:10 AM EST
etva

((((Anna)))) We need all the extra points we can get -- maybe we can use them as ammo in the snow wars! *evil grins*

  • 5 votes
#2.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 7:19 AM EST
Anna-90776

etva, could you remind me how to add a tag to my watchlist please? Don't want to miss any leap-day-sun pictures:)

  • 3 votes
#2.2 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 8:00 AM EST
etva

Sure! You go to the main NV page, and search the phrase " leap-day-sun " after using the drop down box (to the right of the SEARCH box) to switch your search to tags. It will take you to the proper page, and you click WATCH next to the tag title.

Here's the link to that page.

This article provides screen prints to demonstrate how to do the tag search.

Thanks for asking, Anna! I probably should have included that info in the article. (Making a note for Holly! LOL!)

  • 3 votes
#2.3 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 8:20 AM EST
Anna-90776

Well for Pete sakes! That was easy!! Thank you:)

  • 4 votes
#2.4 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 8:25 AM EST
etva

You are very welcome! Thanks for the reminder:)

  • 3 votes
#2.5 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 10:12 AM EST
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rottlady

we get bonus points this year!

Yay! we love bonus points! Love your sunset etva!

  • 7 votes
Reply#3 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 7:41 AM EST
etva

Thanks Rottlady! Just thought I'd throw in a bonus picture for GNW! LOL:)

  • 6 votes
#3.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 7:49 AM EST
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deepwater don

I am in. Got my spot picked out allready. Your sunset picture was beautiful.

  • 5 votes
Reply#4 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 8:02 AM EST
etva

Thanks, Don! You are very prepared. I don't know where I'll photograph yet:)

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#4.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 8:26 AM EST
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Vlad's dog

Cool idea etva.

  • 4 votes
Reply#5 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 9:58 AM EST
etva

Thanks, Vlad! It wasn't my idea, but I'm jumping on board anyway:)

  • 3 votes
#5.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 10:13 AM EST
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MalamuteMan

Okay... Mal is ready to take photos... But... but... but... leaping??? First Mal hears that it is just a day of leaping... but now a whole year of leaping... WHAT???

  • 6 votes
Reply#6 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 10:20 AM EST
etva

Practise makes perfect Mal, and I prefer to remember 2012 as a leap year, rather than the year the world was supposed to end, though I'll confess, I'll accept any excuse for a party! Maybe if we leap all year, we'll "leap" right over the end of the world! [etva nods head emphatically] It could happen, you know -- anything is possible! *grins*

  • 5 votes
#6.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 10:28 AM EST
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Holly-348328

This sounds very neat and exciting! It may be a crappy photo, but I'll participate!

  • 6 votes
Reply#7 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 12:58 PM EST
etva

That's great, Holly! And there's no such thing as a crappy sun photo! :-)

  • 5 votes
#7.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 1:04 PM EST
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HollyKl

I'm still in! I hope we get a lot of participation. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's photos!

  • 6 votes
Reply#8 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 1:54 PM EST
etva

Me too, Holly! I wonder if the colors will change with the time zones? *grins*

  • 4 votes
#8.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 2:09 PM EST
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Spikegary

If I can locate my camera, I'll give it a shot (so to speak).

  • 7 votes
Reply#9 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 3:05 PM EST
etva

That's great, Gary! And don't worry -- it's a target even I can't miss:)

  • 6 votes
#9.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 4:50 PM EST
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Dubbya R

I'm in.

Though now I have to make a nefarious plan for the location and content of the shot/s!

  • 8 votes
Reply#10 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 5:02 PM EST
etva

LOL! Thanks Dubbya!

[etva pondering nefarious photographic machinations]

  • 7 votes
#10.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 5:12 PM EST
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58rose

well i guess i can give this linkeee thing another try, sunrise i don't know isn't that early or something like that?

  • 6 votes
Reply#11 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 10:34 PM EST
etva

You can do sunrise or sunset, 58 -- whichever is most convenient for you! I know you can link it! You've got that down! It will be great fun!

  • 5 votes
#11.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 10:51 PM EST
58rose

well OK then etva has spoken, so let it be written, so let it be done.

  • 6 votes
#11.2 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 11:02 PM EST
Dubbya R

...sunrise i don't know isn't that early or something like that?

'Sunrise Photos' - Instructions for late risers:

  • Make a Tequila Sunrise
  • Take a photo of it
  • Post photo
  • Drink subject of photo
  • Go back to bed
  • 8 votes
#11.3 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 12:00 AM EST
58rose

great Dubbya, can ya make a no-alcoholic Tequila Sunrise. lol

  • 6 votes
#11.4 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 12:38 AM EST
Dubbya R

... a no-alcoholic Tequila Sunrise...

I suppose substituting and drinking Agave syrup, as a sort of 'pre-tequila' would qualify. But good luck getting back to sleep with the resulting sugar high:-)

  • 6 votes
#11.5 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 1:07 AM EST
58rose

got smoke for that. lol

  • 5 votes
#11.6 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 1:11 AM EST
etva

LOL, Dubbya! It seems I forgot to mention that the sunrise should be in the sky! Good catch!

[etva making note for Holly to clarify that point!]

  • 6 votes
#11.7 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:35 AM EST
58rose

now i have to look at the sky early in the morning, oh man this vine stuff is getting to way to much work. go to bed early to get up try to find the sky then the camera, oh my

  • 5 votes
#11.8 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 11:23 PM EST
etva

LOL! We don't want you to be bored, 58! I just know if you ask, Rosie will help by waking you up in a timely manner:)

  • 3 votes
#11.9 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:50 AM EST
58rose

OK, post it note, up early march 2 shoot the sun don't get burnt go back to bed. wow that was easy. all done.

  • 4 votes
#11.10 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:26 PM EST
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Dowser

We've had so many cloudy days this past year-- I've missed every celestial event!

but, I'll try!

  • 6 votes
Reply#12 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:18 AM EST
etva

Even clouds will work Dowser! I think it will be fascinating to see what the sun (and sky) looks like, as it travels through the time zones. Remember the day RV and I both noticed (and photographed) a very pink sunset?, but the pinkish tones were gone by the time it got to the other side of the US.

  • 7 votes
#12.1 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:39 AM EST
Dowser

Okey Dokey! :-)

  • 4 votes
#12.2 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 1:01 PM EST
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Mrs D-1475814

Hmmm! I will see what I can do. :)

  • 2 votes
Reply#13 - Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:12 PM EST
etva

Can't wait to see them, Mrs. D!

  • 1 vote
#13.1 - Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:34 PM EST
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Soovivers

I'll take a picture of a sunset because I can't see the sunrise et. I already signed up for the map on Dowser's page. This is getting to be a big operation.

  • 3 votes
Reply#14 - Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:55 PM EST
etva

Thanks Soovi -- sunset or sunrise -- either works! It's going to be great fun to see all the photos!

  • 2 votes
#14.1 - Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:14 PM EST
Dowser

Ok, if its cloudy, I'll do my best. Maybe I can get a dramatic picture of something, despite the clouds... :-)

I can't think where I have to be on the 29th, but I have to be somewhere... It may be that Peep has his horn solo that day. So, we may get a picture of the school yard sky! :-)

  • 3 votes
#14.2 - Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:16 PM EST
etva

That works Dowser! If it's raining or snowing, I'll still take a photo, just to document the lack of sun - grins!

  • 3 votes
#14.3 - Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:21 PM EST
Dowser

Well, I'll do my best, for sure! We have had nothing but clouds day after day after day... I'm getting to where I want a giant cannon, aimed at the sky, to blow a hole in it, so I can see BLUE for a bit. LOL!

I'm so tried of missing celestial events because we're stuck up under some clouds-- and it is a 6 hour drive to find clear skies. ;-(

  • 3 votes
#14.4 - Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:26 PM EST
etva

We've had a mixture, back and forth, so who knows...

  • 2 votes
#14.5 - Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:30 PM EST
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etva

If you haven't already seen Dowser's article on the leap-day-sun project, please visit here. She's agreed to put together a google map of all the participants, so we can see where all the photos are coming from.

Thanks Dowser!

  • 4 votes
Reply#15 - Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:23 PM EST
Dowser

Thanks! Ben asked me to help, and I'm glad to do so!

  • 4 votes
#15.1 - Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:27 PM EST
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Proud American-252641

Count Me in!!!! I am in East TX :o)

  • 4 votes
Reply#16 - Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:06 PM EST
etva

That's great PA! Looking forward to it!

  • 3 votes
#16.1 - Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:10 PM EST
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rottlady

I've just posted a reminder article today, get your cameras ready folks!

  • 3 votes
Reply#17 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:15 AM EST
Neetu M.

I will be checking yours from the opposite side of the world, etva! Couldn't get any myself today - a very cloudy day in PA!

  • 3 votes
Reply#18 - Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:06 PM EST
etva

It rained all day here as well -- thunderstorms, in fact, but luckily, I rolled out of bed at sunrise, and managed to snap a few photos from the window. There was color, but I only had my eyes open for a few seconds, so the photo might not be in focus - LOL:) I'll download them tomorrow.

  • 3 votes
#18.1 - Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:58 PM EST
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Dowser

Mine are up!

  • 2 votes
Reply#19 - Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:03 PM EST
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