Posted on 02/25/2010 4:28:52 PM PST by XBob
"It's just so amazing to see the band of the Milky Way arcing from one end of the horizon straight above you to the other," he said in an interview with ABC News. "And if you're in a really dark place, the light of the Milky Way can actually cast a shadow."
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The Heavens declare the GLORY of G*D!
“Joe had never seen the Milky Way.”
http://www.cw-mccall.com/works/wilderness/aurora_borealis.html
I feel sorry for people who have stars visible overhead and never look up to wonder and marvel at them.
Anyway, where I live in the city, we do not have bright street lights and I can see stars on a clear night. I make a point of walking out and looking up, sometimes several times:)
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