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Venus Transits in 1032 and 2012

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Muller

As readers may have noticed, I am a moon watcher. Eclipses of either the sun or the moon had been a sort of passion throughout my life, ever since my late father woke me up at 3 o’clock in the … Continue reading →

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Insights Into Shi’ite Islam

Posted on July 16, 2022 by Muller

I have come across this book by photographer Hans Georg Berger, Einsicht – Drei Reisen in die innerste Welt des schiitischen Islam (Insight – Three Journeys Into the Innermost World of Shi’a Islam, edited by Boris von Brauchitsch and Saeid … Continue reading →

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Nature vs. God

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Muller

When discussing the current Corona virus pandemic with a friend, he mentioned some apocalyptic ideas about God’s wrath. I replied that it is actually Mother Nature who strikes back. Evolution is the concept at work these days. Homo sapiens (I … Continue reading →

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After the Solar Eclipse is Before Another One

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Muller

Happy New Year! to all who still follow my blog. We returned safely from buzzing Doha last week where the 1999 Annular Solar Eclipse was visible but again obscured by lots of clouds.  The GIF of the above satellite’s view … Continue reading →

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The 2019 Christmas Annular Solar Eclipse

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Muller

A rare annular solar eclipse will happen on December 26 this year. Visibility will be from Eastern provinces of Saudi Arabia early in the morning, then the totality will rush to Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Oman and then into the … Continue reading →

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