28-09-2015, 11:09 AM
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Re: Supermoon and Bloodmoon..
I spent most of the early hours of the morning popping in and out of the spare bedroom where I could see the moon. Despite the ground fog, the skies were clear of clouds, but I failed to see the dark red colour that people are reporting. The moon was mostly grey with perhaps a faint tinge of brown. Seeing it in full eclipse was a new experience, and it lasted for so long.Returning to bed, I began to wonder how the Earth looked from the moon, so I mentally projected myself up there. Looking back, the Earth was just a circular black void, featureless, and reminding me of a black hole. However, it was surrounded by a wonderful halo of the suns’ flares, which was very evident. I travelled back even further to the point where the moon was the same size as the Earth, and overlaid. I was now deep into the nothingness of space. The stars were spectacularly bright, more so in the absence of an atmosphere. I could clearly see the constellations and nebulas, and the incredible details of the Milky Way.
There was a feeling of total isolation in the most uninhabitable environment imaginable. The temperature was fractionally above absolute zero, absolute silence, and there was a constant bombardment of invisible radiations, all of which would instantly devour any exposed living thing. The magnitude of space was inconceivable – infinities stretched from every viewpoint except for the miniscule exception of our Earth and moon.
Space is an environment totally alien to life-forms. Perhaps one day, mankind will learn to travel through space – but we do not belong there. I believe the only way we shall ever travel to the stars will be by mental projection of some kind.
28-09-2015, 12:42 PM
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"Space is an environment totally alien to life-forms. Perhaps one day, mankind will learn to travel through space – but we do not belong there. I believe the only way we shall ever travel to the stars will be by mental projection of some kind" Quote Hanfonius.I totally agree with you on that Hano.
The missus was all excited about the 'Spectacular Super Moon' she was supposed to see in the early hours of this morning, when I woke up at 8.30am I asked her did she get up to see it, she had a long face on her and said she should have stayed in bed. "It wasn't even red" is all she said. I kept me mouth shut, never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you is a wise old saying.
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