Not even gmaps can get a decent route....
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Walsa...mra=ls&z=5
Sorry, stimbo, You'll have to fly!
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Walsa...mra=ls&z=5
Sorry, stimbo, You'll have to fly!
Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: November 19, 2024, 5:47 am
Atheist Forums
›
Science
›
Physical Sciences
Sometimes its nice to just look at stars, lots of them.
Sometimes its nice to just look at stars, lots of them.
Thread Rating:
|
Sometimes its nice to just look at stars, lots of them.
|
Not again...
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
 (December 11, 2012 at 3:09 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Not even gmaps can get a decent route.... Nah, just hitch a ride to Lisbon and swim due west. 
I used to look up at the stars and be able to see the Pleiades with the naked eye. I miss my childhood, occasionally.
![[Image: SigBarSping_zpscd7e35e1.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i169.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu224%2FUchiha_Kina%2FTags%2FSigBarSping_zpscd7e35e1.png)
I can see very few stars from my suburban home on clear nights. I own rural property 30 miles to the north, where except for the washed out light polluted skies from Portland in the southwest, the skies are quite dark as in every other direction, there is little but urban land and wilderness in any direction. The Milky Way is cleary visible overhead and the Andromeda galaxy barely visible when it's in the southeast sky. Unfortunately, the ex happens to live there.
(December 11, 2012 at 4:24 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I can see very few stars from my suburban home on clear nights. I own rural property 30 miles to the north, where except for the washed out light polluted skies from Portland in the southwest, the skies are quite dark as in every other direction, there is little but urban land and wilderness in any direction. The Milky Way is cleary visible overhead and the Andromeda galaxy barely visible when it's in the southeast sky. Unfortunately, the ex happens to live there. I would love to see that with my own eyes. RE: Sometimes its nice to just look at stars, lots of them.
December 11, 2012 at 4:40 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2012 at 4:46 pm by Cyberman.)
(December 11, 2012 at 4:24 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Unfortunately, the ex happens to live there. What, in the Andromeda galaxy? (December 11, 2012 at 4:25 pm)Annik Wrote: I would love to see that with my own eyes. It really is a sight to behold. If you're used to seeing only the few brightest stars, like I am, you'll be bowled over at seeing a truly dark sky. No wonder the ancients were impressed enough to populate it with gods.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
RE: Sometimes its nice to just look at stars, lots of them.
December 11, 2012 at 4:42 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2012 at 4:43 pm by Jackalope.)
(December 11, 2012 at 4:25 pm)Annik Wrote: I would love to see that with my own eyes. Even better... There's a place where I used to love to hike into and camp, maybe 50 miles to the east as the crow flies - a wilderness plateau at ~6000' elevation along the crest of the Cascade range, dotted with countless lakes and meadows. One of my fondest memories is sleeping out under the stars (no tent needed in the dry August summer air), with nothing but a down sleeping bag and a small warming fire. The skies are truly dark all the way down to where the treeline blocks the view of the horizon. On a moonless night, you can clearly make out the trees, the meadow, and the lake by starlight alone. It's a truly magical place. (December 11, 2012 at 4:40 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(December 11, 2012 at 4:24 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Unfortunately, the ex happens to live there. LOL, I wish. No, she ended up in our rural home. I got the mortgage as a consolation. 
 (December 11, 2012 at 3:59 pm)Annik Wrote: I used to look up at the stars and be able to see the Pleiades with the naked eye. I miss my childhood, occasionally. Even here in light polluted Louisville, Ky we can still see the Pleiades.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens "I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations". - Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) "In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! " - Dr. Donald Prothero  (December 11, 2012 at 12:18 pm)Stue Denim Wrote: Hey, arent we getting a really good meteor shower in 2 days time? The Gemenid meteor shower? I'd almost forgotten! I shall have to set my alarm and such, after finding out when to set it. I think it is known as the Geminid shower Calendar linky Thought it was the Leonid shower...just like a bloody cat... no show! 
|
|
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »
|
Atheist Forums
›
Science
›
Physical Sciences
Sometimes its nice to just look at stars, lots of them.
Sometimes its nice to just look at stars, lots of them.
Users browsing this thread: 2 Guest(s)
