Last night, I came across this news report on a 'magnified' lunar eclipse to be visible across Americas and East Asia. Magnified - because the eclipse will happen when the moon will be hanging low in the horizon.i.e. when its that big spooky orange ball before setting.
(This one has been lying about my drafts for a long time, not sure why. Yesterday after staring North-East at the night sky around 3am for a while in vain without spotting a single meteor of the Perseids...I finally decided to publish this post.)
I got all excited. The moon and the night sky has always interested me. I remember as I child, I used to grab a chair and sit under the starry sky, trying to discover a new constellation and hopefully, name it after me. I'd also force other kids - my sisters and neighborhood friends - to take a seat and get in to the same habit. ' These stars..look at them! They are actually THERE!And this 'gap' you see between the star and us is like thousands of kilometers!!'. No matter however I put it, they looked terribly lost and bored. But since I was the boss (as usual) they didn't have much choice but nod in agreement. B]
As I grew older, I would sit by the window and 'talk' to the moon. ( Well!). I'd tell the moon my problems, sing songs (mostly Disney's Little Mermaid ones), ask how things were up there and the like. I developed a strong relationship with the moon - as a close friend - I liked to sit there washed in moonlight (somewhere inside I felt it will make me fairer :P) and I hated it whenever my youngest sister tried to imitate me.
So coming back to the point - I'm no longer the same
(This one has been lying about my drafts for a long time, not sure why. Yesterday after staring North-East at the night sky around 3am for a while in vain without spotting a single meteor of the Perseids...I finally decided to publish this post.)
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