"It was an exceptionally quiet night, I went out back into the country dark to see if I could discern the space shuttle chasing the station in the endless blackness of sp -"
Actually, it was an unusually clear night, though the obnoxious light pollution from towns to the east of us still marred the eastern horizon. The crazy-afraid-of-the-dark-golf-course-lawn lady on our east side did not have floodlights on all over her back yard for a change.
We did see the ISS and the shuttle. As scheduled, one followed by the other at about a two minute delay. We also saw a beautiful starry sky, and it wasn't too cold to stand out there and goggle at it. But... the mosquitoes have arrived, in small numbers and you know there will be millions of them soon.
I saw it, too. I didn't even know one was scheduled for sunday, and I'd just stepped out of the bookstore at the mall in time to see it ^_^ In addition to getting free chicken fries at BK, finding $2 worth of change, and getting free samples at the food court, sunday was full of win.
It's just typical that this thread elicits ads from Google for yet more light pollution emitting devices. Dammit, you idiots, we don't need more waste light aimed at the sky. There's far too much already.
For someone who doesn't really seem to like urban centres you do seem to like the techy products that come out of them ;) Hehe. *imagines a pony staring into the night sky the stars reflected in those equine eyes*
Actually I much prefer the stars to satellites. My mate has a fascination with space travel though, and I did this for him. He wouldn't have bothered to go look without my encouragement, and at least partly relies on my familiarity with the stars to help him find things of interest up there.
In the city you can't see stars because of all the waste light, even in the middle of the night.
You'd like my suburb, even though the city is nearby a small mountain range blocks a lot of the light. However kitty also likes to see the rotating light that sometimes moves from the inner city the the outer suburbs.
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Date: 2008-06-02 03:07 pm (UTC)*stands outside at work, in the country.*
"It was an exceptionally quiet night, I went
out back into the country dark to see if I
could discern the space shuttle chasing the
station in the endless blackness of sp -"
GAHHH!
@.@
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Date: 2008-06-02 03:18 pm (UTC)We did see the ISS and the shuttle. As scheduled, one followed by the other at about a two minute delay. We also saw a beautiful starry sky, and it wasn't too cold to stand out there and goggle at it. But... the mosquitoes have arrived, in small numbers and you know there will be millions of them soon.
Full... of win :P
Date: 2008-06-02 04:23 pm (UTC)Re: Full... of win :P
Date: 2008-06-02 06:01 pm (UTC)Re: Full... of win :P
Date: 2008-06-02 06:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-03 11:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-03 02:31 pm (UTC)In the city you can't see stars because of all the waste light, even in the middle of the night.
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Date: 2008-06-04 09:00 am (UTC)