Wednesday, August 15, 2007
The Perseids
We were in Boulder Junction with good friends this last weekend. On Friday we made an easy 20 minute bike ride into town for fish, and later sat in the screen porch and played an electronic version of "Catch Phrase". Stepping outside around midnight, we looked up in the sky and were shocked by how bright the stars were. Someone mentioned that the Perseid meteor shower was coming, so we walked down in the darkness to the dock. Sure enough, one person, then another, saw a shooting star. We saw around a half a dozen. But they were just the icing on the cake. We lay on our backs on the dock, in the quiet, moonless night, looking up at the Milky Way, the satellites , The North Star and the Big Dipper. Often, everything on earth seemed as still and quiet as the stars.
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I, too, like to lie on my back in the dead of night and enjoy the beauty of the star filled sky. Of course, to REALLY see the stars one has to get away from the lights of cities, towns, and resorts. I like to get away on my ATV. It's a safe and responsible way to "get away from it all" and go where the lights of the cities won't keep the stars hidden. And, since the ATV trails aren't really used much at night it's easy to find a secluded spot away from everything and everyone to star gaze.
bill
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