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LisB — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:57:27 +0000

In reply to Okay, next time it happens

Okay, next time it happens

Ramona — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:51:15 +0000

In reply to Hahaha! "Jesus Christ,

Okay, next time it happens I'll give you a call and you better hurry on up here!

Hahaha! "Jesus Christ,

LisB — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:53:41 +0000

In reply to Beautiful, Lis. The

Hahaha! "Jesus Christ, that's it??" That had me laughing out loud. I wish I could've been there on the night you sat on lawn chairs with blankets and wine, though. And, I gotta say, I'm drawn to politics like a moth to a flame. Try to stay away but can't help myself. Oh well. I guess it's better to stay informed than not.

Beautiful, Lis. The

Ramona — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:45:05 +0000

In reply to Sounds beautiful. You know

Beautiful, Lis. The paragraph about the light in the sky is what's breathtaking. What you're seeing is as wonderful as any Northern Lights you might see from these latitudes.

I've lived here for 14 years now, at the 46th parallel facing north, unobstructed, with no artificial lights to dim the view, but have only seen the Aurora three times. (Mainly because they want to appear in the middle of the night and always, it seems, on frosty nights. They announce the possibility on the news, but cloud cover kills our chances, too.)

Here at this latitude the shimmer is fairly faint compared to the spectacular pictures you see from the "real" north, with a few shots of pale color--mint, teal, aqua, pink--thrilling us because they're so rare. So far they haven't even been bright enough to photograph.

My next door neighbor had never seen them either, so when they appeared at midnight, I called her and she came running out in her robe and fuzzies. We all stood on the dock, shivering in the freezing cold, and we pointed them out to her. . ."See? See? Over there! It looks like blowing curtains!" She looked and looked, and then she looked at me and muttered "Jesus Christ, that's it?" and stomped back home.

The next time we saw them it was warmer outside and they were brighter and stayed longer. We brought out lawn chairs and wrapped ourselves in blankets, drinking wine and sighing a lot.

I live a quiet life that would be much more peaceful if I could turn off the politics. I can't.

Sounds beautiful. You know

LisB — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:06:15 +0000

In reply to When I was in the military, I

Sounds beautiful. You know what I'd like to see, just once? The Aurora Borealis. I've never had the chance, and it sounds breathtaking.

When I was in the military, I

Beetlejuice — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:58:22 +0000

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When I was in the military, I was stationed at a small radar site south of Ramstein AB up in the hills amongst the farm fields. We had a sprawling, unobstructed view to all points of the compass. The site was manned 24/7 and during the summer when I was the night CQ, I'd open the doors by the phone to hangout on the radar antenna deck to watch sun rise. You'd be amased at the widlife that being to stir as the dawn approaches...I had no idea of the numbers of rabbits, deer and wild pig roamed freely around the field and our site. What was particularly amazing was the landscape just prior to the sun cresting the horizon...very surreal as if Dali was painting it.

On the flipside, in Nevada, I noted if I was in a canyon facing away from Las vegas and the moon was new you got a double event.

First was after the sunset, there's still light. If you took the time to kick back, relax and just watch the sky to see if you could catch the first starlight, you could see the edge of night. There really is one! You can see the subtle darkening blue abruptly change to black as is God drew the line in the sky.

The second was in the Colorado river canyon at Willow beach about 10 miles or so south of Hoover dam. While sitting on the east bank of the river once the sun goes down and the sky is completely dark, the Milky Way is right there in your face. You can see tons of details almost as if you were looking at a picture taken from Hubble! All because being down inside the canyon blocks all the side scatter light that robs your eyes of the finer details.

Apple, I hope. ;)

LisB — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:17:18 +0000

In reply to As Brando use to tell me over

Apple, I hope. ;)

As Brando use to tell me over

Elusive Trope — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:02:14 +0000

In reply to Brother, do you need some

As Brando use to tell me over those shots:

But do I get the dagblog

Elusive Trope — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:57:22 +0000

In reply to That was just wonderful. Big

But do I get the dagblog award, which I can refuse through a surrogate in order to raise the American consciousness about those who are being oppressed by the current media?

Brother, do you need some

wabby — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:52:18 +0000

In reply to How do I spend my quiet

Brother, do you need some pie!