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Monday, May 28, 2012

What do you see on a starry, starry night?



What sights do you behold
On a starry, starry night
A dot-to-dot puzzle
With Pegasus taking flight?

Why not take the time
To research and uncover
How the stars and planets
Let to sights to discover?




As you look up toward the night sky, what do you see? On a clear night it might be innumerable twinkling lights that test the wildest imagination. What we know today was at one time totally unfathomable until the stars barely visible exploded into view with the invention and use of the telescope for astronomy purposes. In addition to observing the skies, potential for safer navigation was recognized on land and at sea.
  

Heavenly Lights


The moon with its changing appearance
Amid twinkling lights of night skies
Cast light and shadows over the earth
In wonderment before all eyes


A vast luminous galactic formation
The Milky Way, a spiral system of stars
Too faint to be seen individually
Emitted a spirited glow from afar


With a powerful allure and romance
Venus like a diamond in the sky
Enchanted mankind with fascination
Scarcely visible to the naked eye


Enshrouded in wispy ice-crystal clouds
Reflecting stellar light like a mirror
Mars showed phases similar to the moon
As the telescope made it much clearer


Of course there's Uranus
Whose name provokes a joke
Discovery unveiled rings
But not made up of smoke



Rings of Saturn, four moons of Jupiter
Oh, Galileo, thank you for your sights
Revealing secrets barely visible
That once lay hidden within the nights
 
—Florence, Italy 1609


Along with a starry, starry night is often found musical enjoyment, relaxation, love and romance.

Comments are appreciated!

3 comments:

  1. Seeing the sky along a starry night we can recognize the Universe greatness and consider how we could be immerse in so beauty reality by God reserved to His elected!

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  2. You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this matter to be really something which I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and extremely broad for me. I'm looking forward for your next post, I'll try to get the hang of it!

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