The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #164562   Message #3939728
Posted By: Jim Carroll
26-Jul-18 - 07:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Hello Moon!
Subject: RE: BS: Hello Moon!
"Taken from an upstairs window!"
Didn't anybody tell you you shouldn't eat cheese before going to bed?
Brilliant photograph

When we first visited Ireland we used to camp on a field adjacent to the Atlantic at Spanish Point in Clare
One night, after a long, very late music session we returned to our tent and went to bed
An hour later I was bursting for a pee, so I climbed out of the sleeping bag to lighten the load
I was blinded by the moonlight and as my sight returned to normal, I looked up to see the Milky Way in all its glory
I counted three meteorites and a passing satellite until a grumpy Pat demanded to know what I was doing - she joined me and we sat for an hour gobsmacked

We now live half a mile from that field,but unfortunately light pollution has made such nights a long-gone dream
Thanks for the memory
Jim Carroll