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Originally Posted by silv
That was 10 years ago when you wrote your story.
What happend in your astronomy life since then ... ? |
Hey Silv....
Ahhh well...
For the most part, other interests took primacy of place (audio engineering and the music/dance scene), but that's another (long) story.
I did occasionally drag them out when friends were holding events/ dance parties... sometimes as many as 600 people would be there. The reaction from people who have their first view of the night sky through a 20" binocular was invariably priceless. Without doubt the best moment I had with them was with a young girl who wasn't even interested in looking (her friends physically forced her on to the ladder) It was literally 5 minutes before sunrise, (essentially broad daylight) there was Saturn floating on a blue background.... perfect seeing and in 3D (or what your brain perceives to be 3D) As she climbed back down off the ladder, she was so deeply moved by the experience she was sobbing and her face was stained with tears.
"Oh my God... I never knew"