31. Watching eclispes *
by admin - December 5th, 2008.Filed under: *, 31-40. Tagged as: moon, space, sun.
My eclipse pics taken in Springfield, Missouri, on 28 August 2008
This is closely related to yesterday’s topic, but different. You see, you can’t see Saturn from close up on your back porch. But you can enjoy an eclipse from anywhere (as long as it’s visible where you’re at).
Lunar, solar, total, partial, or annular, eclipses are amazing. In a lunar eclipse, the Earth casts it’s shadow on the Moon because it has come between the Sun and the Moon. In a solar eclipse, the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth, blocking out the light of the Sun. Isn’t that crazy?!
Eclipses make me happy because they remind me of how exactly small I am. There are Things bigger than me, moving outside of my and my little world.
Most of the time, we don’t have to think about them, we don’t have to understand how they work or all the effects they have on us. But they keep on dancing around each other.
Wow.
December 6th, 2008 at 11:30
I’ve set up a subscription to your site. I really like the theme you are using, just reading what makes you happy makes me more appreciative of life around me.
December 7th, 2008 at 16:35
@Virtual Hippe – I’m so glad you are gettin happy by reading how I get happy! Maybe you should start your own 100 Things list! Just making the list was therapeutic.
December 7th, 2008 at 21:55
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March 6th, 2009 at 18:02
[...] Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, all on my own accord. I stay up all night to wonder at eclipses and meteor showers. But getting into this field would require, at the least, a move, and definitely [...]