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  • Aug 29, 2008, 04:54 AM
    frangipanis
    What do you think about when you look up into a sky full of stars?
    What do you think about when you look into the night sky?
  • Aug 29, 2008, 04:58 AM
    NeedKarma
    "Contact us!"
  • Aug 29, 2008, 05:07 AM
    adam_89
    Just how amazing it is, and then sometimes I think deeply about how everything came together, but I won't go into that now.
  • Aug 29, 2008, 07:03 PM
    frangipanis
    Nice. Thanks guys. Can you imagine how earliest man must have felt when they looked up into the night sky... how awestruck they must have been looking into an infinitely deep and immensely starry sky?
  • Aug 30, 2008, 12:08 PM
    0rphan
    I think how insignificant I am.

    I also think there has to be people out there somewhere,doing exactly what I'm doing, at that precise moment... wandering the same as me!
  • Sep 1, 2008, 06:47 PM
    adam_89
    It is incredible about everyhting. I do wonder all the same things you guys do as well. It's just amazing!
  • Sep 1, 2008, 06:54 PM
    HistorianChick
    Honestly?

    I always find Orion.

    When I was a little girl, my Dad and I would go on Father/Daughter campouts and stay up until the wee hours of the morning, watching the stars come out, seeing the Milky Way appear, and hearing the night sounds overtake the late afternoon birds. We would always find Orion, first thing.

    One night, about a week before my Dad passed away I had come home late from the hospital where I had spent some time with him. I remember simply laying down in the driveway because I couldn't even make it in the house. I looked up at the stars and wouldn't you know it? First thing I saw was Orion. It may sound odd and a bit weird, but I remember talking to Orion that night, knowing that not too much longer, and my Dad would be gone from me. I felt a "friendship" (if you will) with the constellation because of my history watching for it to appear.

    Today, whenever I look at the night sky, I always search for Orion and say, "Hi Dad. I love you."
  • Sep 2, 2008, 12:32 AM
    frangipanis
    that's so precious hc.... your father was special, eh.......
  • Sep 2, 2008, 02:59 AM
    sandyspacecase
    When I look into the night sky,I think of my Dad and his Space Shuttle. Dad was one of the origonal designers of the Shuttle and was his baby. I think of how Dad loved the sky and everything in it.Then I think of the Flying Sauser that hovered over our heads when we were kids (my sisters and brother). I wish it would come back,I wouldn't be so scared of it this time. That is what I think about looking at the night sky.
  • Sep 2, 2008, 08:17 AM
    firmbeliever
    When I look up at the night sky full of stars I am awestruck at its beauty.

    And seeing the night when out on the ocean or away from the city is one of the most beautiful sights,without the distraction of artificial lights,the sky seems so much closer,almost like we could reach out and touch.

    And of course like Orphan said, how small we are compared to the whole universe... and obviously my thoughts turn to the Creator I believe in.
  • Sep 2, 2008, 09:25 AM
    frangipanis
    You always put things so beautifully, firmbeliever...

    My grandmother was born on an island and spent most of her life there. There's an observatory on the island I didn't know about until I discovered this website a couple of years ago:
    Kamagari

    Interestingly, my grandmother is the only other person I know of other than sandy who in a matter of fact way told me she has seen a flying saucer. She was a child at the time too, and was obviously convinced by what she saw.

    My daughter hasn't been to my grandmother's island yet, so I'd love to take her there one day. We'll have to go to the observatory together :)
  • Sep 2, 2008, 11:28 AM
    firmbeliever
    Thank you fran:).

    That looks like such a beautiful spot, "Kamigari".
  • Oct 7, 2008, 05:26 PM
    gemademoiselle

    At night time I frequent the sea
    As I watch its vastness I dance with glee
    I feel I'm the only one in this world, yet I also feel the strongest connection with everything

    Nature at night is the most beautiful desolate place to be.
  • Oct 7, 2008, 05:28 PM
    gemademoiselle

    Nature at night is the most beautiful desolate place to be, its beauty is unparalleled no matter where you are.
    The city has a deep magnitude at night too. *
  • Dec 9, 2008, 01:07 AM
    magprob

    I wish someone would hurry along and help me get up.
  • Dec 9, 2008, 01:15 AM
    frangipanis
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by magprob View Post
    I wish someone would hurry along and help me get up.

    Keen to surf the stars, Mag? :)
  • Dec 9, 2008, 02:56 AM
    magprob

    No, I'm a channel surfer.
  • Dec 9, 2008, 04:45 AM
    frangipanis
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by magprob View Post
    No, I'm a channel surfer.

    You're having trouble getting out of the sofa?
  • Dec 9, 2008, 11:21 AM
    Blastoff
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by magprob View Post
    I wish someone would hurry along and help me get up.

    Me too, because if I'm looking up there it usually means I tripped and fell on my back.
  • Dec 9, 2008, 11:27 AM
    ZoeMarie

    I wonder where it all ends or if it goes on forever. I just wonder what else is out there that we can't see.

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