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This country can boast as no other country on mother Earth can. Canada's coastline is the world's longest measuring 151,019.297 miles or 243,042 km (includes the mainland coast and the coasts of offshore islands). This compares with Indonesia at 33,999.568 miles (54,717 km), Russia at 23,396.49 miles (37,653 km), the United States at 12,380.2 miles (19,924 km) and China at 9009.8823 miles (14,500 km). 18 | LIFE IN SOLERA | APRIL 2024 | This & That Submitted by e Solera Ghostwriter Jousting became the official sport of Maryland in 1962 (Chapter 134, Acts of 1962: Code General Provisions Article, sec.7-329 (a)). Maryland was the first state to adopt an official sport. Jousting, the world's oldest equestrian sport, developed in the Middle Ages as combat training for the calvary. Why are rare events called "once in a blue moon'? Once in a blue moon is an appropriate way to describe a rare event, because blue moons are, themselves, rare but actual occurrences. A blue moon can occur when large quantities of dust or other fine debris travel high enough into the atmosphere to filter the moon's reflected light. One such blue moon occurred in 1883 when a volcanic eruption in the island of Krakatoa spewed volcanic dust 30 miles into the air. This dust, which spread 3,000 miles, filtered the moon's light making it appear pale blue. As recently as 1950, another blue moon occurred when. Forest fire along the Alaskan highway in northern Canada sent smoke, dust, and sulfur high into the atmosphere. For many days, the people of Great Britain witnessed a blue moon. Thus, events that can occur under the rarest of circumstances, are well-described by the phrase "once in a blue moon." (A second full moon in a calendar month is also called a blue moon, an occurrence which happens every couple of years. at kind of takes the rarity out of the equation so we're going to ignore that definition.) Ever wonder why the sky is usually cloudless in the morning? Clouds are formed when moist air is carried aloft by warm air currents rising from the earth's surface during the day. When this air reaches high altitudes where the temperature and barometric pressure are lower than at the earth's surface, the moisture comes out of the rising air and forms the water droplets we see as clouds. These clouds are very short-lived, though, and they usually disappear within minutes after they are formed as their water droplets mix with dried air and evaporate. At night, when the surface of the earth cools, the cloud-producing process cuts off. The existing clouds continue to evaporate, but they are not replaced by new ones. The result: cloudless skies in the morning. Jousting, anyone? Blue moon, you saw me standing alone, Without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own Good morning, sunshine Oh Canada!