Posted on 11/19/2017 10:17:41 AM PST by mairdie
...'There was a meteor shower as well and we had this profound experience. But after the tour we went home and couldn't sleep under the stars so we took blankets out to a pontoon on the lake in freezing weather so we could look at the sky.
'We were just thinking about how amazing it would be to stay under the stars but there wasn't anything like that available so when we came back to Australia we decided to try and replicate the experience we had for others.'
The couple started looking up bubble tents - completely clear inflatable tents - overseas in January, 2017, and began scouting out potential locations.
'We wanted it to be a two to four hour band from Sydney so pollution wasn't an issue but it was still close enough and we wanted to make sure the stargazing would be perfect,' Sonny said.
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Which reminds me of this joke:
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go camping and pitch their tent under the stars. During the night, Holmes wakes his companion and says: Watson, look up at the stars and tell me what you deduce.
Watson says: I see millions of stars, and even if a few of those have planets it’s quite likely there are some planets like Earth, and if there are a few planets like Earth out there, there might also be life.
Holmes replies: Watson, you idiot. Somebody stole our tent.
Very cool!
BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!
And the sound of the pump needed to keep this thing taut? I bet that keeps some from sleeping.
The longer awake the better. The best stargazing always seems to be in the coldest weather. There were always those apocryphal stories of people getting their eye ridge frozen to the eyepiece. And if you’re so tired that you fall asleep regardless of the noise, then so be it. I remember lying outside on the Indiana dunes with the rest of the Adler Planetarium staff as we watched for meteors. Magical.
I would think a regular tent with a clear ceiling would be a big hit. Wonder why that isn’t a ‘thing.’
Why do you need a Tent ?
When I went camping years ago I had cut out a rectangular opening in the roof of the tent and replaced it with a sheet of clear plastic so to observe the stars while in the sleeping bag. I actually can’t recall how well it worked out, though. So it probably didn’t work as well as I had hoped. Otherwise I would have remembered. I think the clear plastic may have been too thick.
>>Why do you need a Tent ?
Because I always froze and came in faster than I would have liked. Notice that bed has a comforter!
>>regular tent with a clear ceiling
Great idea!
HotTub (@102°F on deck sans roof) + good friend or more preferably spouse.
Sufficient alcoholic beverage and two glasses. Plastic if you are a klutz or prone to over indulgence.
Enjoy the skyshow and light conversation.
When sleepy go inside, sleep in a warm bed.
You can't see the stars when your eyes are closed anyway.
Sounds wonderful!
Chelsae Clinton upon seeing that photo asked ‘I’m not sure that photo is real, but I don’t know. I mean, How could someone be strong enough to hold up the moon with their feet?’
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Maybe it’s new to Australia but it’s not new in the world, Iceland has had them for years, to view the Aurora Borealis. The reason they’re round “bubbles” is that they’re basically inflated, and the air used to inflate them is heated, so they’re comfortable even at night in Iceland.
They took a more permanent (and luxurious) approach.
And the Aurora Borealis makes for a great show.
Fantastic link. Too bad they had to go with buubles. That has to limit their hits.
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Transparent igloos?
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