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Last night I went on a bike ride during the eclipse. It was so awesome watching a spectacular natural event unfold over the paved, built, engineered, unnatural urban landscape.
After about 2:30AM it becomes fun to ride the streets of San Diego. Hardly any cars - most are overly respectful of cyclists and others are wildly high on mind-altering substances and generally easy to spot and avoid. Pedestrians mostly seem to be operating outside the system, seeking sex, drugs, money or maybe just a friend. Much more interesting than suits and shoppers!
I couldn't find anyone to ride with, but it was cool rolling with my own thoughts as the earth's shadow swallowed up its smaller counterpart and then coughed it back up again. My attempts to interest my fellow late nite travelers in the spectacle failed miserably - my enthusiastic discourse was met with car windows rolling up and fast stepping walkers staring at the ground. I encountered only one other cyclist - on his way to work for the man.
As the eclipse was nearing its end, marine layer clouds starting drifting past the dazzling moon, marking an eerie end to my encounter with nature as the morning traffic started revving up.
Scientific study, precise calculations, news reports, photos, videos, animations, simulations and more have reduced mind-blowing phenomena such as eclipses to routine, scripted series of steps far less engaging than the latest video game. But last night, for me, the eclipse was much more than that.
The next lunar eclipse visible here is February 21 (early evening). Anyone want to ride it?
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Yeah, I'll be watching the sky for certain. I had to climb above the street lights to get a good view, but the effort was well worth it (although my fingers, toes, and scraped-up arms may disagree with me at the moment). I loved the way that it seemeed to fade away after it was fully covered. Turned nearly the colour of the morning sky as the sun came up.
bEEp
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