...And it's SOOO much more amazing to actually see these things IN PERSON, too!
Nice find, Railziel! 'Gets one thinking and longing for The Great Outdoors, eh?
Koshiir Ra: As a big-time Boy Scout, outdoorsman, camper, hiker, traveller, river-rat, biker, & rock-climber (less on the latter two over the past 20 years tho
) To agree with you I can only add this: NOTHING matches "being out in 'it'" for a spell to really "soak in" all the diversity and beauty that surrounds us.
On a single trip to Hawaii once (not this past trip) I: Hiked the ridges of the
Na Pali Coast, snorkled with dolphins and sea turtles, walked through smoldering fields in
Volcanoes National Park, watched (at night, from a boat)
Kilauea erupt, with red-hot lava flowing into the roiling ocean, and hiked for miles through the miles-wide barren moonscape of
Haleakala crater. To top it all off: I watched my first complete total solar eclipse (again from at sea) from within the center of the totality swath, too.
After totality had ended, and the sun began to show once again, I said (to wifey):
"Man a trip with all these wonders like this really puts one in their place! I feel so...
INSIGNIFICANT now!"
It's GOOD to realize what a
mote we each are in The Grand Arena, ... and to ponder on all that lies "out there" beyond the range of Today's
Travails!
Think I'll go sit out in the cold night darkness with a "warm beverage" and stare at the just-passed full moon and listen to the owls for an hour or so....
Thanks again, Railziel!
