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beige_alertI went out for a little walk on the path beside the river. The moon is approximately full and the sky is clear. The moonlight was filtering through the trees, in places gently lighting the tree trunks on the other side of the path. It's a very pretty effect, and it's interesting how we can easily be unaware of these things nowadays. We go from lighted building to lighted parking lot, turn on the car lights, drive out on a lighted road, and, maybe, if we're attentive, we happen to notice that the moon is full. Not as if it matters, though. Not like it would in the absence of all the electrical lighting.
It's never especially dark in the city, but the unlighted path with tall trees on each side, leaves still on them, is pretty dark except for the moonlight, which, once you adjust to the dark, lights the way with the dim, dappled light. If it were winter, with bare trees and bright white snow-covered ground, it wouldn't be dark at all.
It's never especially dark in the city, but the unlighted path with tall trees on each side, leaves still on them, is pretty dark except for the moonlight, which, once you adjust to the dark, lights the way with the dim, dappled light. If it were winter, with bare trees and bright white snow-covered ground, it wouldn't be dark at all.
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Date: 2009-09-04 04:39 am (UTC)Not quite as good for setting up a tent in, but I've done that too.
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Date: 2009-09-04 05:54 pm (UTC)I don't think I've ever ended up setting up a tent at night. I have put them up in the rain, of course. One time in a location such that I was not obligated to wear any clothing at all, which (if it's warm!) is certainly the best way to 'dress' in the rain!
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Date: 2009-09-04 07:26 pm (UTC)I suspect that one could bicycle by moonlight, in a place free of city-light. The shadows would be sharper. Of course, some people have better night vision than others. As a teenager, mine was much better than most. During a midnight paddle, I remember telling the girl in the front of the canoe where to steer to, because I could see things that she, who was closer, couldn't.
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Date: 2009-09-04 08:44 pm (UTC)In the city on the way home from work I have bright lights everywhere so no real night vision, plus I have to avoid unlighted dog walkers and such, as well as be as visible as possible to careless car drivers, so I've got the metal halide arc lamp. Don't even have to slow down, it's almost as bright as a car headlight.
I've never been out on the water at night. Sounds interesting. And canoe-speed gives more time for seeing.
Canoeing by Starlight
Date: 2009-09-05 02:12 am (UTC)The midnight canoe was very pleasant, until one girl fell into the Canadian lakewater, and the guide hurried off with her to get her dry and warm, leaving the rest of us to trail behind as best we could. (That's when I learned I was seeing farther than the people in the canoe in front of us!) It was so free of light pollution that when we huddled into our sleeping bags, sans tents, I could actually see some stars without my glasses. Not many, but that impressed me!
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Date: 2009-09-04 05:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-04 12:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-04 06:58 pm (UTC)Oddly, that one student struck me as looking a lot like a filker (
Clearly, resembling filkers increases intelligence, connection with nature, and scientific awareness.
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Date: 2009-09-05 05:04 am (UTC)i find that if i am not sleeping, and there is no obvious reason, i get up and look out and by jove its a full moon! it is particularly wonderful when there is snow in the yard. i turn on the light and read the newspaper.
thanks for your post.