I enjoy that time of day called morning where the sky is still rubbed with pink hues and soft light.
It’s hopeful. It says “hey, I made it through another night!” And it judges you not for the day prior. It tells you, “Look dude, you’ve got another chance to start over again.” After all, “tomorrow is another day.”
So, my affinity for celestial mornings (is that a tea?) now established I bring you this charming tale:
I was checking Reddit on Monday and found a good link. (it’s on Digg too. vile vile Digg.) It has pictures! Which of course, make it all easier to understand. Why bother with those pesky word things?
Here’s the link I found. http://www.thedailygreen.com/2007/08/27/lunar-eclipse-when-to-watch-in-us/5891/
It diagrams the lunar eclipse that occurred in the early morning hours on Tuesday. It breaks it out by time zone for optimal viewing.
This of course means that yesterday, I decided to get up early (which is a lie because I am generally always up at 5:30am) and check out the Lunar eclipse! I enjoy staring at the sky; it’s big. (as we already established.) It was quite interesting. I do not recall ever having seen a lunar eclipse. The moon looked reddish orange and sort of diluted. It was worth the effort of walking all the way down the stairs and around my apartment building.
Here’s a [few] pictures courtesy of NASA. (they promise more later.)
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watchtheskies/eclipse_images.html
My previous major celestial experience centers around a meteor shower—I got up/stayed up and travelled out to the countryside in Springfield, MO with a friend and took in a meteor shower. It was phenomenal. I exclaimed gleefully (as I’m sometimes prone to do) “ohhh! ahh!” [I do frequently call myself a small child. I wander and I giggle like a 3 year old. (probably why I chose a young one to play me in a movie about me!) I figure I spent plenty of time earlier in my life acting like an old fart. (I used to do an "old fart" impression. I sort of bent over and groaned out "i'm an oooollld fart." yeah, I know; I'm cool.)]
A couple FYIs:
“The next total lunar eclipse occurs Feb. 21, 2008, and will be visible from the Americas, Europe and Asia.” I know what I will be doing on my 27th birthday–and I can do it from the Americas, Europe, and/or Asia! I’d like a telescope next time.
Effulgence was totally the word of the day on KMBC Channel 9 “First News.” It means: “The state of being bright and radiant; splendor; brilliance.”
I answered the question of whether you can hotlink to NASA. You can.
I also am including a link off a site i found using Google Images: GaySocialites.com–they have a pretty picture!
http://gaysocialites.com/2007/08/rare_chance_to_spot_lunar_ecli.html
Celestial mornings is not a tea. It’s Celestial Seasonings.
