The interstate highway system was completed in 1992 after many years of construction at a cost of nearly $300 billion dollars in today’s money. The companies pushing for AI to be a big part of our lives are investing in data centers, software, and other infrastructures. The projected cost is estimated to be nearly $1 trillion dollars in the next 3-5 years. That is at least 3x the cost of the interstate highway system. Kind of puts that investment into perspective. It is a lot of money. (fyi…the AI ChatGPT was used to gather those numbers)
Morning Planets
Nice alignment of 3 planets today.
Solar Transit
It pays to be in the right place at the right time.
Two Planets Appear to Meet
Between Aug 4 and 13 I captured some images of the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter. More of the story is here.
Moon Meets Mars
On the evening of 29 June 2025, Mars and the Moon showed a close alignment. Skies were cleared enough to allow this photo at 9:48 PM local CDT. They appeared close together. But, the Moon was about 392,000 km and Mars 288,000,000 km from my location on Earth. Light traveled a bit more that 1 sec from the Moon to reach my camera. Light took nearly 16 minutes to travel from Mars to my camera.
How I See It 