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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Fri May 24, 2013, 03:56 PM May 2013

Amazingly Gorgeous Photo of Lunar eclipse

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http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/05/flickr-finds-no-31/

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Amazingly Gorgeous Photo of Lunar eclipse (Original Post) n2doc May 2013 OP

Unbelievably beautiful. rwork May 2013 #1

magic was captured. Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #2

Who left the beach ball out in the water? notadmblnd May 2013 #3

I'm set up to shoot the moonrise at 8:21 PM PDT .. DemoTex May 2013 #4

I love it, thanks for posting this. Nika May 2013 #5

Absolutely stunning! ReRe May 2013 #6

Awesome sakabatou May 2013 #7

How, and Why, is this Beautiful? Martin Eden May 2013 #8

+1000 Spot on; same with me. Oh, and there's this quote... Beartracks May 2013 #12

Thanks for the quote Martin Eden May 2013 #13

The timing is exquisite Canuckistanian May 2013 #9

Just WOW!! BEAUTIFUL!!! nt 7wo7rees May 2013 #10

Speechless. emmadoggy May 2013 #11

rwork

(1,596 posts)

1. Unbelievably beautiful.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri May 24, 2013, 04:05 PM

May 2013

Thanks for posting.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

2. magic was captured.

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Fri May 24, 2013, 04:19 PM

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notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)

3. Who left the beach ball out in the water?

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Fri May 24, 2013, 05:30 PM

May 2013

Say goodbye cause I'm not swimming out for it.

that is a really nice photo

DemoTex

(25,399 posts)

4. I'm set up to shoot the moonrise at 8:21 PM PDT ..

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri May 24, 2013, 05:33 PM

May 2013

But alas, it looks like the cloud cover will block it here in the central Oregon wilderness.

Nika

(546 posts)

5. I love it, thanks for posting this.

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Fri May 24, 2013, 06:03 PM

May 2013

ReRe

(10,597 posts)

6. Absolutely stunning!

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri May 24, 2013, 06:43 PM

May 2013

K&R

You can't fool Mother Nature. If this doesn't get a prize of some sort for the photographer, then I've never seen a prize-winning photo.

sakabatou

(42,155 posts)

7. Awesome

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Fri May 24, 2013, 06:51 PM

May 2013

Martin Eden

(12,870 posts)

8. How, and Why, is this Beautiful?

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Fri May 24, 2013, 10:13 PM

May 2013

When I see that photograph I experience a feeling of ... beauty.

I know the feeling when I experience it, but defining "beauty" and understanding this aspect of human nature is another matter altogether.

I like to think it has something to do with our connection to mother earth and the life on our planet of which we are a part. I spend most of my vacation time trying to get closer to nature -- backpacking in the mountains, hiking to waterfalls, and camping by the shore of a lake. I feel a kind of happiness and peace in the wilderness that is lacking in my everyday life of driving to work and sitting at a desk with a computer.

But I must confess I do not truly understand how, or why, the natural world has this effect on me.

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)

12. +1000 Spot on; same with me. Oh, and there's this quote...

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #8)

Sat May 25, 2013, 02:22 PM

May 2013

I was reminded of this:

"Beauty is not caused. It is."
- Emily Dickinson

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Martin Eden

(12,870 posts)

13. Thanks for the quote

Reply to Beartracks (Reply #12)

Sat May 25, 2013, 02:33 PM

May 2013

Perhaps it's enough that beauty is, and that we experience it.

On the other hand, I think we of the human race do need to understand ourselves better if we are to evolve beyond the horrors that mark our history.