Chuck, You are definitely a kindred spirit! Thanks for sharing your perspectives today -- you give new meaning to the title of "observer". -Rich --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
Looking at the moon at sunset tonight, trying out a new binocular. Spotted Copernicus immediately at 25x, then realized that it was still in shadow, with only the highest portions in sunlight, nevertheless clearly delineating the crater. Beautiful view, if you can dodge the intermittant clouds.
Also looked at the Wasatch front, along the peak of the ridgeline. Surprised at the number of telecommunications towers interspersed with the giant firs. I spent a lot of time climbing those mountains 25 years ago, when a tower was a rare thing. They came as a shock, but in light of the changes in the telecom. industry in that time, I suppose they shouldn't have.
Struck by the huge trees growing defiantly out of a sheer rock face...can you imagine the weather extremes those trees not only live in, but thrive in numbers?
The tenacity of life is astounding.
With the low sun angle, rock layers stood out clearly. Millions of years of deposition, folding, upthrusting, all laid out for me to see. How many geologists, I wondered, cut their teeth as students poring over these incredible mountains?
What a planet, eh?
Anyway, go look at the moon if you can!
C.
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