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silneldor
Half-elven
Dec 10 2012, 5:01am
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As with all change, something tends to be lost and something gained
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It is a good thing the utilitarian use of light with its ease of use and its urban safety concerns. But the natural world suffers from it and i feel, so do we if we are not careful.
There is not much to suffer from the night world these days. The world of ancient man and the saber tooth tiger is gone. The remnant is the primitive brain which signals fear for base survival, but our other spheres can hold that in equilibrium. To experience true night and the clear night sky is a moment of revelation unhindered by fear. It is cause for the expansion of all our facilities as far as they can fathom.
So, i believe it is a matter, of graciously accepting the best of both worlds and truly live in both worlds as best we can. Otherwise i feel we will lose a part of ourselves, a vital part, a part that can deem humility and respect for the vastness of it all, and the still vast unknown-ness of it, and the fathomless breathtaking beauty of it that can reach deeply into what it means to be human. To experience a clear dawn out of true night with the slow passing of the brightest stars, with the coming of birdsong is truly exquisite.
I wandered on a bit kind of freely. I hope no one minds.
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1458 megapixel image of the Earth at night in full resolution
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Magpie
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Dec 6 2012, 6:00am
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I'm fascinated by all the lights in the North Sea (on the east side of the UK)
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Xanaseb
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Dec 7 2012, 3:26am
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Shipping vessels as well I imagine
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DanielLB
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Dec 7 2012, 8:05am
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I agree with Squire
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Aragorn's Sexy Scar
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Dec 7 2012, 8:16pm
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I'm not disregarding technology at all
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DanielLB
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Dec 8 2012, 8:17am
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A bit depressing.
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N.E. Brigand
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Dec 7 2012, 4:39am
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yes, that's true
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Magpie
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Dec 7 2012, 4:52am
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Yes, but...
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squire
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Dec 7 2012, 5:34am
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Good points, Squire.
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Patty
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Dec 7 2012, 9:51am
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Do you remember seeng the Milkyway in the sky as a child?
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lyndomiel
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Dec 8 2012, 2:24am
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Just point the lights down.
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N.E. Brigand
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Dec 8 2012, 10:36pm
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If only
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squire
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Dec 8 2012, 11:23pm
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It would certainy help, but ...
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DanielLB
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Dec 9 2012, 9:50am
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Lights in big cities
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Magpie
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Dec 9 2012, 2:48pm
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In the 'burbs.
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Delrond
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Dec 11 2012, 10:40pm
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"3-mile-wide asteroid to buzz planet Earth tonight"
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N.E. Brigand
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Dec 11 2012, 9:55pm
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Geminids
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Delrond
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Dec 11 2012, 10:26pm
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Dang! I knew i left the outhouse light on at the camp!
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silneldor
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Dec 7 2012, 9:46pm
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thanks Magpie
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lyndomiel
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Dec 8 2012, 2:25am
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As with all change, something tends to be lost and something gained
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silneldor
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Dec 10 2012, 5:01am
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"There is not much to suffer from the night world these days."
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Magpie
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Dec 10 2012, 5:15am
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Yes,
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silneldor
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Dec 11 2012, 2:59am
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Sil, you are a poet :)
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Ethel Duath
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Dec 10 2012, 4:58pm
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And that is why there is a wonderful poet in yourself, Ethel D:).
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silneldor
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Dec 11 2012, 3:34am
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That's an awful bright light.
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dernwyn
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Dec 10 2012, 5:12pm
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During the cooler times when the humidity is low
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silneldor
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Dec 11 2012, 2:54am
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