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I was really into the moon. Black nights with no moon and cloud cover hiding the stars in mid ocean, that's the blackest black you can get, like being in a spaceship in mid galaxy.

Stars alone and no moon, that's the inverted bowl of diamonds suspended over the round black velvet table. The constellations really come alive when you can see all the 3rd and 4th tier stars in between the "famous" stars making them.

OTOH, a full moon night with no clouds or only thin clouds is incredibly benign and beautiful, swells rolling into the boat with the moon making that undulating glimmer path... magic.

jeez, you really know how to make a guy crave the sea again. I remember floating in lagoons at night looking at a black sky filled with stars and thinking why go back stateside, it doesn't get any better than this. That, and having the night preceded with a day of diving, sailing, jet skiing, and BBQ. Fresh ocean fish, nothing like it.