I get so involved with traveling on Planet Earth, that sometimes I forget to think bigger picture. As in Universe. One of the (many) things I loved about all the Star Trek TV series was the idea of exploring outer space.
My photo of the Dec. 21, 2010 lunar eclipse. Not NASA quality, but it has a certain mysterious magic.
Last night, we had clear weather and mild temperatures for the lunar eclipse, which happened to coincide with Winter Solstice.
As I sat on the grass in my front yard, staring at the moon, I thought about all the unexplored wonders of the galaxy.
How beautiful the planets are! (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, have a look at NASA’s stunning Voyager photos.) Ringed Saturn (always my favorite planet), blue Neptune, orange-banded Jupiter…and all of Jupiter’s moons: Amalthea, Callisto, Europa, Ganymede, Io.
Here’s to dreaming of future intergalactic travel!
—Laurel Kallenbach, moon gazer
thank you for this Laurel! I stood in my driveway at 2:30 am, but here on the east coast we had an overcast sky– nothing as magical as your photo.
It’s great you were watching too! Lunar eclipses on solstice don’t happen that often.
Beautiful photo, Laurel!
This was lovely!
Your photo indeed evokes the mystery of the moon, Laurel! And you’d be a great intergalactic travel writer.
Guess I better start training in zero-grav!
Nice picture! We set our alarm and got up at 3 am EST to see the eclipse. We got to see about 15 minutes before the clouds came in.