Sunsets and Moons

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Beautifully written, Erewhon.

The February Full Moon is also known as the Eagle Moon, Bear Moon, Storm Moon, Hunger Moon or the Bony Moon.

The Moon goes through 12 or 13 full phases each year and they all have unique names many of them derived from Native American tribes.

Tribes such as the Algonquian peoples would use the Full Moon to keep track of the seasons. And according to the Maine Farmer's Almanac, native tribes in the northeastern US called this Full Moon the Snow Moon or the Storm Moon after heavy snow this time of the year.

There’s been cool, clear, crisp nights here, with warmer sunnier, blue sky days of late. The 26th Feb provided perfectly clear skies to see the Snow Moon here ...

Every so-called “primitive” tribe uses the Moon and Sun as indispensable guides to many things.

Many nonhuman animals, too.

Remember the 1988 Film, 'Moonstruck?'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonstruc ... struck.jpg

^^^I have a very vague memory of seeing Moonstruck at the cinema in Aus. My sister was taking me to the cinema from the time I was very young. She’s alot older than me which I’m so glad for, as not only was I exposed to great movies, but great music too, from her generation. Good to see Cher is still acting in movies!

When Wubbo Ockels, Yury Gagarin, Tintin, Valentina Tereshkova, Professor Zonnebloem, Neil Armstrong, and all the others were shot into space, they had the most fear of the launch. That was the most dangerous part of it all, that annoying gravity. I came across a much safer way to travel to the moon this morning.
Immer gerade aus, as they would say in German.
I think they need some sort of suspension bridge and gangway at the end to be able to set foot on the moon.

Soo beautiful! “Always straight ahead” ... yes ... In Aussie this would be “ Keep on keeping on”.



Moon River ...

Hey Biscuitman ... that’s pretty amazing, yet at the same time, sad for those who perished. History to be proud of, for sure, so far as your family goes! Yes, that’s precisely where I was staying, Pendeen. A few more photos for you. Ironically, when I posted them on FB, a good friend in Australia(an ex-nurse) also had direct family history related to the tin mines here ... She’s planning to come over poste-covid and have a look herself. I’m thinking of moving to Pendeen or thereabouts permanently, funnily enough. I stayed in one of the miner’s cottages. It was just beautiful! The history blew me away! I learned of the full history while there(I managed to book the cottage after the first lockdown lifted here). The tours weren’t going on while I was there due to the virus, but I’ll be returning hopefully this year. The area is incredibly picturesque! They filmed Poldark in this very spot!





































1849 Miners Cottage (one of the more senior miners lived here. I have his history).

I like this thread! All the posts have been really nice.

I saw this quote on pinterest awhile back I really liked.

"And the moon said to me - darling you do not have to be whole in order to shine."

Thanks Juliette and Erewhon I like your perspective.

I'm posting a song by orbital called one perfect sunrise. I know this thread is about sunsets and moons. But the most beautiful night I ever experienced started out with a breathtaking sunrise. Actually, it's one of my fondest memories. One perfect day. I hope I can do it justice explaining it, but I'm not the best with words.

I was hiking in Israel. We got up early to climb Mount Solomon. Half way up we all stopped like mid climb to watch the sunrise. Words can't describe the beauty. And when we got to the top you can see 5 different countries from the peak. They all look the same. You can't tell where one ends and another begins...It puts things in perspective, like what are we fighting each other for?

After our descent and brunch we hiked the rest of the day and stopped to camp in the middle of the desert with the mountains behind us. The weather was so perfect we didn't even pitch tents, just layed our sleeping bags out around the fire. I got up in the middle of the night and decided to walk around, the fire had gone out. And what I experienced left me in awe. All I could see was stars. It literally felt like I was walking amongst the stars. I never wanted that moment to end.

Its one of the reasons I love the desert so much. I never knew what the word serenity meant till i spent time in the desert. Blessed stillness and quiet and cloudless skies so blue it made me want to cry. Nothing to cloud or obscure your vision, the sky as far as you can see. There was no moon insight that night. Just millions of stars. And the whole day started with one perfect sunrise.

That's a great poem. I love to watch sunsets and sun rises. Each sunset has it's own colour palette. I saw a black, red and yellow sun rise one time.