so pure is the blue
it’s hard to tell
where the sky ends
and the sea begins.
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‘meet me where the sky touches the sea. wait for me where the world begins.’
-jennifer donnelly
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holland state park beach, may 2023
May23
Tag Archives: sky
Dec6
beginning…
https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=787006252392996
Reindeer under the aurora
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“i always believe that the sky is the beginning of the limit.”
-MC Hammer
May15
inconceivable mystery.
blood moon courtesy of nasa
The total lunar eclipse with a few more novelties will start tonight, May 15 at 10:27 p.m., according to Mike Narlock, head of Astronomy at Cranbrook Institute of Science. Narlock says the progression to the total lunar eclipse will take a while. The totality portion of the lunar eclipse starts at 11:29 p.m. Sunday and lasts until 12:53 a.m. Monday, May 16.
You’ll have to stay up late on a Sunday night to see the eclipse, but it may be worth it.
There are a few things going on with this full moon. First, this month’s full moon is called the Flower Moon. It’s easy to understand why this moon has that name, with our spring bulbs blooming now.
The full moon is also a super moon. This occurs when the position of the moon is at its closest point to Earth. The orbit of the moon around Earth isn’t a perfect circle, it’s orbit more egg-shaped than circular. On May 15, the moon will be in the spot of its orbit where it is closest to Earth.
So the total eclipse is a Flower Moon and a super moon. But wait – there’s more. It is also a blood moon. The phrase “blood moon” really isn’t a true astronomical term. All lunar eclipses turn some amount of red. During a total lunar eclipse, Earth passes directly between the sun and the moon. The Earth’s shadow is cast upon the moon. During a total lunar eclipse, blue light is filtered out of the light hitting the moon. Red light can still make it through and be cast upon the moon. So the moon should look at least somewhat red. If there is a lot of dust or water vapor in our sky at the time of the eclipse, the moon would be a darker red.
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“there is something haunting in the light of the moon;
it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul,
and something of its inconceivable mystery.”
-joseph conrad
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credits: mike narlock, cranbrook institute of science, mark torregrossa, mlive, nasa
Oct29
message.
my message seems written in the sky
(or possibly on the windshield)
MB in reverse
waiting my turn
moderna booster soon coming my way.
ah – my message is in a bottle.
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“life is a little like a message in a bottle, to be carried by the winds and the tides.”
-gene tierney
Oct19
spectacle.
there is one spectacle grander than the sea,
that is the sky;
there is one spectacle grander than the sky,
that is the interior of the soul.
-victor hugo
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Arcadia Dunes, C.S. Mott Nature Preserve, on the shores of Lake Michigan, hiking Old Baldy Trail – October 2020
Jul24
pond.
where sky and pond meet
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“a field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air.
it is continually receiving new life and motion from above.
it is intermediate in its nature between land and sky.”
- henry david thoreau
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matthaei botanical gardens, ann arbor, michigan, usa – summer 2020
Jun14
forever look up.
driving through the irish hills in michigan
i came across this interesting old barn
still standing
but with a roof
now open to the sky
what a beautiful upward view.
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“once you have tasted the taste of the sky, you will forever look up.”
leonardo da vinci
Aug19
midnight.
floating on the lake at midnight in the quiet air
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“there is a budding tomorrow in midnight.”
– john keats
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irish hills, michigan, usa – summer 2018
Aug9
skylight.
clouds light the sky on an early evening walk
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“may the clouds give your shapes inspiration.”
-anthony t. hincks
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downtown ann arbor, mi, august 2018
Apr27
on arbor day in ann arbor.
“what did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky?”
-pablo neruda
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image credit: claudia tremblay, montreal
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