a trip to the moon on gossamer wings


Did anyone brave the cold to catch the eclipse last night? I went out periodically from 1:30am - 3:30am to see it in progress .. around quarter to 3 I decided to just stay outside for a while. I set up the cot in the backyard, bundled myself up in blankets, grabbed my ipod and laid down to just stare at the moon and the stars for about 20 minutes. It was so wonderful! At first I wasn't even cold, and with my music on I couldn't hear the cars (I live on a pretty busy street) so the world seemed very still. I don't know if I've ever felt as serene as I did last night. There's something so majestic about outer space. To stare up and know that it just goes on forever.


You could say I was a tad bit bundled up ;-)
I even had on earmuffs under my hat!
hat-f21 / scarf-uo / coat - h&M

If you missed the eclipse, or like my dad you were just too tired to roll out of bed and look, (he's as gaga about astronomy as I am, so I think that one day he's definitely going to regret choosing sleep over science..) here's a time-lapse from vimeo. It's really incredible!



ps. The photo of the moon was taken by my brother. He actually made me promise I'd give him credit before he'd send me the file :p

5 comments:

Elizabeth Bauman said...

Love your hat and coat! Lovely eclipse photo. :)

DKoren said...

How cool that you got to see it there! Alas, Southern California has been non-stop rain for the past few days, so no chance of seeing anything last night out here.

Kendra said...

I missed it, but alas, it was cloudy over here anyway :(

whistlingypsy said...

A truly exquisite post, thank you for sharing. I also like the reference to Hailey Mills; it is scathingly brilliant. Don't you wish you could work it into every conversation?

Sarah said...

Heehee theres even a UFO behind you in the first picture! (I think...I hope, otherwise that was just dumb)

I LOVE outer space. I said to my mom yesterday that if I wasn't going into the movie business I'd be an astronaut.
She got a good kick out of that one.