The last post has prompted me to recall things which I have seen which have made me (metaphorically) breathless at the natural world we live in. Here's my top 10.
1. Accidentally seeing a total solar eclipse (see previous post).
2. Riding around country Denmark on the first warm spring day. I saw more green than I could remember, and the additions that humans have made to the environment there are delightful. I'm surprised that this innocuous day has made it onto this list, but it's my version of Wordsworth's daffodils.
3. Driving through a wintry Arizona, seeing only green firs heaped with white snow and then happening upon the orange tones of the Grand Canyon. Amazing.
4. Lying on my back at night just outside Canberra and watching shooting stars and satellites go by.
5. Seeing Kachenjunga (3rd tallest mountain in the world) from a few hundred kilometres away in Darjeeling.
6. Seeing the peak of Everest from a plane (it was the same height as our cruising altitude).
7. Seeing the rings of Saturn through a telescope.
And 8-10? I'm still waiting for those. I wonder what they'll be... any suggestions?
1 comment:
Might I suggest,
Seeing you Mom and Dad's face for the first time...
Your hand...
The ocean...
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