http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/11/catch-a-falling-star-tonight-well-not-literally/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/11/catch-a-falling-star-tonight-well-not-literally/comment-page-1/#comment-685635 Moe Lane » I *completely* forgot that the Perseid meteor shower started last night. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:26:42 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9911#comment-685635 [...] again, I went to bed insanely early (for me). The Sundries Shack reminds us that there’s also viewing opportunities tonight, moonlight and weather permitting. [...] [...] again, I went to bed insanely early (for me). The Sundries Shack reminds us that there’s also viewing opportunities tonight, moonlight and weather permitting. [...]

]]> http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/11/catch-a-falling-star-tonight-well-not-literally/comment-page-1/#comment-685634 fostert Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:31:39 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9911#comment-685634 The best meteors are the ones you don't expect. But meteors happen a lot. Eclipses are better. With a lunar eclipse, you can stand on top of a mountain and watch the moon set and the sun rise at the exact same time. And they are exactly apart from each other. The sky is flaming orange and red on one side, and indigo and purple on the other. If you ever watch that from the Continental Divide, you'll know what beauty is. But that's a rare event, so just see the Divide. And see the sun rise over the Grand Canyon. I've already seen much more than most people will ever see. And sunrise at the Grand Canyon is the best. Well, except for sitting on top of a mountain and watching the sun rise over Denver and the moon set over the Rocky Mountains at the same time. And feeling like you're on the top of the world and you're only at 14,000 feet. Want to really see the top of the world? Go to China/Tibet. I've only seen the third tallest mountain (Kangchenjunga), but it's really big. It makes the mountains around me look like tiny bumps in the ground. The Rockies are a beautiful mountain chain, but they are nothing like the Himalayas. Those mountains are downright scary. They're fifty miles away and look like they are right in front of you and about to fall down and crush you. The size cannot be explained with either words or pictures. You just have to see the Himalayas to ever know. See the Grand Canyon first to get a sense of incomprehensible scale. That's just a warm-up for the Himalayas. Incomprehensibly huge is what those mountains are. Yaks don't even climb them. Humans climb them, but they need to carry oxygen to do it. I admire those that can do the climb, but if you're going where yaks won't go, maybe you're off your range. But if you do go there, man the stars are so bright. But for safety, just stick to the Nevada desert to see the stars. Jokers don't do well in the Himalayas. But at least the vulture won't even fly that high. You corpse will be preserved forever in that ice. Unless the Tibetans take your body down the mountain to be consumed. The best meteors are the ones you don't expect. But meteors happen a lot. Eclipses are better. With a lunar eclipse, you can stand on top of a mountain and watch the moon set and the sun rise at the exact same time. And they are exactly apart from each other. The sky is flaming orange and red on one side, and indigo and purple on the other. If you ever watch that from the Continental Divide, you'll know what beauty is. But that's a rare event, so just see the Divide. And see the sun rise over the Grand Canyon. I've already seen much more than most people will ever see. And sunrise at the Grand Canyon is the best. Well, except for sitting on top of a mountain and watching the sun rise over Denver and the moon set over the Rocky Mountains at the same time. And feeling like you're on the top of the world and you're only at 14,000 feet. Want to really see the top of the world? Go to China/Tibet. I've only seen the third tallest mountain (Kangchenjunga), but it's really big. It makes the mountains around me look like tiny bumps in the ground. The Rockies are a beautiful mountain chain, but they are nothing like the Himalayas. Those mountains are downright scary. They're fifty miles away and look like they are right in front of you and about to fall down and crush you. The size cannot be explained with either words or pictures. You just have to see the Himalayas to ever know. See the Grand Canyon first to get a sense of incomprehensible scale. That's just a warm-up for the Himalayas. Incomprehensibly huge is what those mountains are. Yaks don't even climb them. Humans climb them, but they need to carry oxygen to do it. I admire those that can do the climb, but if you're going where yaks won't go, maybe you're off your range. But if you do go there, man the stars are so bright. But for safety, just stick to the Nevada desert to see the stars. Jokers don't do well in the Himalayas. But at least the vulture won't even fly that high. You corpse will be preserved forever in that ice. Unless the Tibetans take your body down the mountain to be consumed.

]]> http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/08/11/catch-a-falling-star-tonight-well-not-literally/comment-page-1/#comment-685630 ~* Cheesestick *~ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:34:12 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9911#comment-685630 Oh cool. Now if I can just figure out which direction I should be looking?? I have no idea where the constellation Perseus is. Oh cool. Now if I can just figure out which direction I should be looking?? I have no idea where the constellation Perseus is.

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