Fuck the Leonids. This is man-made beauty.

[yendi]

So I didn't see the Leonids, since I have work, and since someone needed to herd Elayna this morning. But I saw the most in-fucking-credible sunrise after the bus came. Bands of beautiful red, pink, white, and blue, thanks to clouds and polution. Whatever else I'll say about capitalism and the industrial age, we get much better sunrises than people had centuries ago.

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[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

Whatever else I'll say about capitalism and the industrial age, we get much better sunrises than people had centuries ago.

I think the single worst thing I ever learned is this... I haven't really enjoyed a sunrise or sunset since.

[yendi]

The way I've looked at it, if the corps are going to fuck over our world like they've been doing, we should at least get something pretty out of it. I'd trade the sunsets for the lack of polution, but given the lack of any way to accomplish the latter, I'll take the former. We're entitled to some beauty in the world, after all.

[juanfandango.livejournal.com]

fuck the Leonids

That has got to be a really painful re-entree, I theenk.

[mfree.livejournal.com]

I bet the people in NY who's car got hit by one in 1992 are saying just that :)

[branwynelf.livejournal.com]

we get much better sunrises than people had centuries ago.

'cept after a volcano erupts ... or a meteor hits the planet (not a dinosaur devestating one ... smaller, so it just kicks up a lot of dust) ... or ... um ... well something else that kicks a lot of crap into the atmosphere. can't think of any others right now.

[mfree.livejournal.com]

Mt St. Helens
Mt. Pinatubo
The California fires
The Kuwaiti oil well fires
The subsaharan drought of the 80's
Last but not least HAARP...

All of these gave rise to *incredible* sunsets.

[yendi]

Why can't any of that happen around here, though?

I mean, I don't want some of those around here, but maybe a nice volcano could erupt in West Virgina, or something, and then we could have really gorgeous sunsets.

[yendi]

But none of those ever happen around here! :-(

*orders a Vesuvius for Atlanta*

[branwynelf.livejournal.com]

Um ... wait, that would be too close.

Washington DC should be around right, eh?

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[toratigris.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha! Preferably very suddenly and unpredictably, and directly beneath the White House. When Bush and Cheney are both there. *g*

Re: *orders a Vesuvius for Atlanta*

[yendi]

Getting blown visited by their coroporate owners, even!

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[toratigris.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yes, that would be really excellent. So you've also noticed that the US gov't. is now a wholly owned subsidiary of big business?

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[yendi]

Oh, it's hard to miss.

Oops!

[branwynelf.livejournal.com]

Yes, I intended to make sure that was part of the order. Glad you caught that 'fore I actually faxed over the workorder!

[toratigris.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's nice to at least get one good thing out of it, isn't it?

Actually, sunsets are often spectacular in the desert due to sand/dust in the air. The most incredible moonrise I've ever seen was near Needles, CA. I swear to god the moon was blood red. So red I didn't realize it was the moon at first, I thought it was the taillights of cars ahead of me!

[yendi]

Isn't that where Snoopy's brother lived?

[toratigris.livejournal.com]

Needles' claim to fame, yup. :)

It's a pretty dismal place, to be honest. But they do have pretty sun/moon sets/rises. :)