The Old Moon in the Young Moon’s Arms
Not-Gay Jason over at AlabamaAssWhuppin.com posted about the spectacular brightness of Venus and Jupiter tonight. I noticed the gorgeous moon and stars last night while standing in the Ingles parking lot. It was so purty it knocked that horrible “Final Countdown” song out of my head. It gets in there every time I shop at Ingles, bacause there’s a Final Markdown store right next door, and I can not look at that damn sign without the damn song kicking off in my head. It’s so bad that I think that’s subconsciously why I am willing to pay Publix prices sometimes. This bit caught my eye:
A very close conjunction of the crescent moon and a bright star or planet can be an awe-inspiring naked-eye spectacle. The English poet, critic and philosopher, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) used just such a celestial sight as an ominous portent in his epic, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” In addition, there are juxtaposed crescent moon and star symbols that have appeared on the flags of many nations, including Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia, Algeria, Mauritania, and Tunisia.
Also on Monday evening, you may be able to see the full globe of the moon, its darkened portion glowing with a bluish-gray hue interposed between the sunlit crescent and not much darker sky. This vision is sometimes called “the old moon in the young moon’s arms.” Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was the first to recognize it as what we now call “earthshine.”
December 2, 2008 at 5:18 pm
purty, wasn’t it. It was reversed last night when I looked at it. Moon was on the left stars on the right Sunday night. Last night moon was on the right, stars on the left).
And the ‘not-gay’ thing isn’t helping me get laid AT ALL!
December 2, 2008 at 8:12 pm
HAHAHA, I love that “Not Gay” Jason is how it reads when I email you!!! haaa, I crack my own self up.
December 3, 2008 at 1:39 am
“I crack my own self up.”
We know.
And, no, I can’t spare a dollar for your habit.
haaa, I amuse myself! Touche!!