In the day, with its ceiling of blue and the lone giant star hanging like a presence, infinity is but a daydream. But on a clear night, infinity is in the sky, staring right back at you.
Love this shot, and all it invokes, captured admirably — as always — in a few brief syllables.
And we don’t get to see half of what the ancients saw before there was light pollution. I feel sorry for city kids today who never get to see the true night sky. I have only witnessed it twice.
Kind of ironic, don’t you think? With our technology we can see further into space than our ancestors. In order to develop that technology, we have polluted our skies with particulates and photons to such a degree, we can not see the sky.
I recommend traversing Xinjiang in China, or the Australian Outback, for night skies. ; )
Great point on the irony! You must have seen an amazing night sky in China. I saw mine off the coast of Panama, in New Zealand and I forgot the third -the Outback. The first two were particularly memorable because off Panama I was night diving among phosphorescent salps and in New Zealand I had just climbed out a cave with glow worms. In both cases it was kind of a mind bender to go from the glowing creatures to the glowing sky.
The Earth was so utterly black on an outback sheep station in Australia, with stars the only illumination other than a single porch light 100 meters away. I’d wandered out beyond the homestead’s light without a flashlight. It was quite a trial finding my way back through fence gates and landscaping. The night sky would have been spectacular, but I can’t visualize it.
I suppose I’ve seen that night sky so many times now, the memories all sort of meld together.
Maybe I just have no profound experience like yours to anchor the memory. =)
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December 16, 2017 at 7:14 pm
“Timeless waves” says it all! ❤
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December 16, 2017 at 7:35 pm
Thank you Olga!
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December 18, 2017 at 8:27 pm
That sky is photographed so richly!
That is so beautiful!
This shot intensifies my eagerness to see TESS launched next March.
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December 18, 2017 at 9:20 pm
Thank you!
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December 23, 2017 at 10:44 am
In the day, with its ceiling of blue and the lone giant star hanging like a presence, infinity is but a daydream. But on a clear night, infinity is in the sky, staring right back at you.
Love this shot, and all it invokes, captured admirably — as always — in a few brief syllables.
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December 23, 2017 at 10:45 am
Beautiful words. Thank you and thank you for getting it 🙏
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December 23, 2017 at 10:53 am
<smile> Easily gotten, though I think you and I — and perhaps everyone — share a common awe of a star-filled sky.
Thanks for ‘musing’ the words. ; )
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December 23, 2017 at 11:29 am
And we don’t get to see half of what the ancients saw before there was light pollution. I feel sorry for city kids today who never get to see the true night sky. I have only witnessed it twice.
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December 23, 2017 at 12:10 pm
Kind of ironic, don’t you think? With our technology we can see further into space than our ancestors. In order to develop that technology, we have polluted our skies with particulates and photons to such a degree, we can not see the sky.
I recommend traversing Xinjiang in China, or the Australian Outback, for night skies. ; )
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December 23, 2017 at 12:28 pm
Great point on the irony! You must have seen an amazing night sky in China. I saw mine off the coast of Panama, in New Zealand and I forgot the third -the Outback. The first two were particularly memorable because off Panama I was night diving among phosphorescent salps and in New Zealand I had just climbed out a cave with glow worms. In both cases it was kind of a mind bender to go from the glowing creatures to the glowing sky.
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December 23, 2017 at 12:38 pm
The Earth was so utterly black on an outback sheep station in Australia, with stars the only illumination other than a single porch light 100 meters away. I’d wandered out beyond the homestead’s light without a flashlight. It was quite a trial finding my way back through fence gates and landscaping. The night sky would have been spectacular, but I can’t visualize it.
I suppose I’ve seen that night sky so many times now, the memories all sort of meld together.
Maybe I just have no profound experience like yours to anchor the memory. =)
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