Tag: Steamboat Springs
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Sky Club’s Star Party
Star Clusters and nebulae and planets… Oh my! It all started with a fundraiser. Screamboat, a haunted house production put on by students in Steamboat Springs, helped raise enough money for the campus’ Sky Club to take a well-deserved field trip to the Mt. Wilson Observatory in California. On November 13th, Sky Club rented out…
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111 Inches of Fresh, Indulgent, Light, Fluffy Champagne Powder
Snowiest November in Steamboat history [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa8J41bK_A0&fs=1&hl=en_US] Just in November alone, Steamboat Springs reported having over “111 inches of fresh, indulgent, light, fluffy champagne powder”. Check out our blogger Ben Saheb’s video, where he captures all the face shots of opening weekend at Steamboat: Life in Ski Town USA
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Celestial News: Behold the Charioteer
Third brightest star in Colorado shows itself What’s that flashy, golden star hovering over the northeastern mountains as darkness falls in mid-November? It’s Capella, the third brightest star visible in Colorado skies and the brightest star in the constellation of Auriga, the Charioteer. Auriga represents the mythological character Erichthonius who was born lame and invented…
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Celestial News: Whale Watching
Cetus constellation rises in the southeastern sky Wedged in between the bright star Fomalhaut to the south and the glittering Pleiades star cluster to the east is the huge, lumbering constellation of Cetus, the Whale. It ranks fourth in overall size among the 88 official constellations; only Hydra, Ursa Major, and Virgo cover more area…
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Celestial News: Halloween Fireballs
Don’t be surprised if you see a blazing fireball or two streaking across the heavens while you are out trick-or-treating this weekend. There’s no reason for alarm. It’s just the annual Taurid meteor showers reaching their peak of activity. The Taurid meteors are so named because they seem to spring outward from the stars of…
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CRIBS video gives inside look @ Steamboat residence hall
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnojyK0a-PQ&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0] Ever wonder what it’s like inside the residence hall at Colorado Mountain College? Ben Saheb, one of CMC’s student bloggers out of Steamboat Springs, took his fans on a virtual tour of some of his fellow classmate’s rooms. Adapting the idea from a show on MTV called CRIBS, Ben filmed as
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10.10.10 = Sustainability @ Steamboat
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rdi8bEUz6M&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0] CMC Blogger Ben Saheb took his video camera along to follow the events of October 10 to promote sustainability at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat. He even recorded an original soundtrack. Watch and learn! (Ben has been turning out some great stories and videos about college life in Steamboat. Check them out on his…
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Celestial News: Jupiter and Uranus Reach Opposition
After the lovely “evening star” Venus follows the Sun down to the western horizon on cool September evenings, another dazzling planet rises in the east to take her place. It is the giant planet Jupiter, largest of the planets in our solar system and second only to Venus in dazzling brightness. Jupiter will dominate our…
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Colorado Mountain College’s convocation offers students advice in Steamboat
By Scott Franz, Steamboat Pilot & Today Steamboat Springs — Pointing toward Mount Werner’s bare but clearly defined ski runs Friday, Peter Perhac talked about the importance of the classrooms that stood behind him. Perhac, the campus CEO at Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus in Steamboat Springs, knew the mountain would be a large temptation…