Sunday 12 September 2010

Sunday evening

On the way back from Cape Royal we stopped so that I could walk into the woods to take a few photos of the beautiful wildflowers: small lupines, asters, and these yellow ones - large drifts of them - they were lovely with the sun shining on them.
Back at the lodge, we staked out a spot on the West patio, again with dozens of others, to watch the sunset. A waiter comes and takes your order while you wait, so you don't even have to move to get your refreshments. It's fun to talk to the others around you about their travels and compare notes.
Once it was fully dark we moved over to the East patio, as a ranger had set up his giant telescope - it was so big it had blinking red lights on its feet so no one bumped into it. We looked at the craters of the moon, at Venus, others stars and a nebula. He let us know that the International Space Station would be visible at precisely 8:18, for less than a minute, so a few minutes before, we went back over to the West patio and waited - sure enough there it was - so bright, and moving quickly - then it changed colour from white to orange and disappeared into the Earth's shadow.

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