Full Lunar Eclipse
Couldn't sleep tonight...woke up and found a total lunar eclipse going on in the western evening sky.
Human beings have gazed up at the moon for thousands of years pondering and wondering in quiet awe...
A dog starts barking wildly, making me realize that the curiosity has of course not been only limited to humans.
As the white glow of the crescent moon slowly makes it way inward to engulf the darkness, one can only think of the ancients before us, likely declaring the end of the world or the dawning of a new age. A momentous event worthy of demarcation and reflection. A point on the map from which we can leave the past behind and begin again...
Or as Ben Burress, Staff Astronomer, Chabot Space & Science so eloquently put it:
"A lunar eclipse is a moment to contemplate the connection between the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon--almost as if Earth is reaching out and touching the Moon with a long arm and finger, brushing its celestial dance partner in affirmation of a long and intimate relationship."
Good morning.
Human beings have gazed up at the moon for thousands of years pondering and wondering in quiet awe...
A dog starts barking wildly, making me realize that the curiosity has of course not been only limited to humans.
As the white glow of the crescent moon slowly makes it way inward to engulf the darkness, one can only think of the ancients before us, likely declaring the end of the world or the dawning of a new age. A momentous event worthy of demarcation and reflection. A point on the map from which we can leave the past behind and begin again...
Or as Ben Burress, Staff Astronomer, Chabot Space & Science so eloquently put it:
"A lunar eclipse is a moment to contemplate the connection between the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon--almost as if Earth is reaching out and touching the Moon with a long arm and finger, brushing its celestial dance partner in affirmation of a long and intimate relationship."
Good morning.
posted by Andy at
4:20 AM
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