northern lights

in michigan? my my. cant wait to see some in real life one day. i wont be able to close my eyes.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars. Henry Van Dyke

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. William Butler Yeats

Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. Omar N. Bradley

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. Joseph Addison

Shooting Star

Last night,
I saw the realm of joy and pleasure.
There I melted like salt;
no religion, no blasphemy,
no conviction or uncertainty remained.
In the middle of my heart,
a star appeared,
and the seven heavens were lost in its brilliance.
-Rumi

look out for the Orionids- October 16-27
listen to this song by Joan Osborne

HOROSCOPES FOR EVERYONE!!

Didn't shower today

meteor shower that is. I went outside and saw a beautiful sky, but nothing shooting or streaking, per se. meh. heres a photo of the amazement foretold, with some quotes for good measure. hussah 2011!

(actually the photo was taken during the same meteor shower in 2009, alberta canada)

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wilde

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” Og Mandino

“Though my soul may set in darkness, It will rise in perfect light, I have loved the stars too fondly To be fearful of the night”
Sarah Williams

"He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star."
William Blake

"The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show." Henry David Thoreau

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Come, my friends,
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.

Tennyson, "Ulysses"

Moon

So this is what I woke up in the middle of the night looking for!
Thanks to this guy

Vincent Miu

I spotted Vincent Miu at Spotted Fawn. These photos are of the southern cross star trail, scorpius, refracted light from a satellite solar panel, and trails of the moon + venus + jupiter.