Sky At Night

[RIZLA+]

When was the last time you spent 10 minutes or more looking at the night sky ?

[Crushdepth]

The last time I was somewhere that had stars you could actually see :-)

[Shuddee]

That's a really philosophical question. You must be a psych student.

[Meerkat]

At our place in the 'burbs of Bangkok, rarely.

At our place near Khao Yai, often... Big skies!

[RIZLA+]

Why i ask is because there is a lot of activity going on up there .

[OlRedEyes]

Why i ask is because there is a lot of activity going on up there .

Even more than usual if you've had some good sh*t.

[Crushdepth]

Why i ask is because there is a lot of activity going on up there .

Like what?

Actually I do go out and look occasionally when the pollution isn't too bad. I stumbled across a really beautiful free program called Stellarium (Linux) which shows you the position of all the stars and planets as they should appear at any given time, names and constellations etc (you just have to give it the lat/long for Bangkok). I'm quite fascinated with it but unfortunately, hard to see what's going on here.

[JetsetBkk]

I noticed it was nearly full moon tonight so had a look upwards for all of 5 seconds. Very clear sky. Pity all the pollution blurs out a lot of stars.

[TEFLMike]

This question reminds me of the year 1976, when I was on Holiday in Jersey, Channel islands.

A very well known TV Comedy and COM SITU man , he died quite some years ago, was staying at my hotel on holiday.

One night, he went out for a walk . On his return, his wife said to him ...' Where have you been all night?

He replied, 'I decided to go out and have a ponder where the Sun went at night, and suddenly, it DAWNED on me!'

....very true story. Though better and hilarious in true life . The dining room was full of guests at breakfast, they could not eat for laughing .

Edited June 16, 2008 by TEFLMike

[cobra]

When was the last time you spent 10 minutes or more looking at the night sky ?

When was the last time you spent more than 10 minutes looking for an avatar,

[RIZLA+]

When was the last time you spent 10 minutes or more looking at the night sky ?

When was the last time you spent more than 10 minutes looking for an avatar,

[Kiwi/Thai]

Rizla, I've said it before and I'll say it again, You have the nicest teeth around. Cobra is just mean which is why he has a forked tounge.

[RIZLA+]

Thanks Kiwi/thai

[PST]

RIZLA+,you still havent told us what this activity is.

PST.

[AlexLah]

Dear OP,

Could you enlighten us as to why we should spend at least 10 minutes a day looking at the sky at night?

[Crushdepth]

Especially, those of us in Bangkok, who have nothing to see ?? :-)

[qwertz]

The last time I looked at the sky at length was upon waking after being run down by a drunk driver.

I gave up cycling after that.

[distortedlink]

Last week I drank a whole bottle of mekong whiskey. Fell flat on my back in the garden.

Was unable to stand up and ended up watching the night sky for 3 hours.

[robeetle]

Last night looking at the full moon and playing my guitar in Oceanside California.

In Feb. I was in Krabi and marvelling at the full moon over the river while walking down that awesome boardwalk there. That place kicks booty.

[TEFLMike]

The UK, and indeed, Europe, were given orders to have more 'Down-Direct' Lighting on all roads. The previous lighting on all roads and Motorways were,killing the night sky off.

That was a few years ago, and now , many motorways now have 'Down-Direct' Lights .

The lighting is quite fascinating , it is quite powerful, without shining upwards, and it s like driving in dayight, weird, but true.

Many countries are now adopting this sytem of lighting.

Just thought I would share this, as I wonder if Thailand has adopted this system. I note that on Motorways, the giant advertising boards, can be quite frustrating. Do they really need them so large?

Is there a reason for it? Explanations would be welcome please

Edited June 20, 2008 by TEFLMike

[teatree]

'If we could only see the stars once a year, it would become a huge event, with crowds flocking to open areas to gaze at the night's sky. But because we can do it every night, we never do.'

[RakJungTorlae]

I look every night and think to my self when will my people come back and take me off this Planet . I don’t belong here!!

[roygsd]

When was the last time you spent 10 minutes or more looking at the night sky ?

Having seen what it has done to patrick more I decided it wasnt worth the risk.

By the way are you the red, green, blue or silver Rizla?

Incidentally, whoever told you " smile and the world smiles with you" was pulling your chain,

roy gsd

[thaihome]

Did anyone else notice how clear the sky was last night?

TH

[LinkPopularity]

I note that on Motorways, the giant advertising boards, can be quite frustrating. Do they really need them so large?

Is there a reason for it? Explanations would be welcome please

maybe because it works ???

[Travel2003]

When was the last time you spent 10 minutes or more looking at the night sky ?

Last year, when I made an observation. Somewhere in the Indian ocean.

[zaza]

I look every night and think to my self when will my people come back and take me off this Planet . I don't belong here!!

Stay

[qwertz]

I don't look at the stars any more because the last time I looked I heard a voice that said the Queen of Venus had selected me to

take a trip there and replenish the depleted gene pool.

[boiledegg]

The last time I looked at the sky at length was upon waking after being run down by a drunk driver.

I gave up cycling after that.

Sorry to hear of your misfortune, but even non cyclists get hit by drunk drivers, strange such a thought never occured to you while looking at the stars.

[qwertz]

The last time I looked at the sky at length was upon waking after being run down by a drunk driver.

I gave up cycling after that.

Sorry to hear of your misfortune, but even non cyclists get hit by drunk drivers, strange such a thought never occured to you while looking at the stars.

It wasn't so bad, I can walk again now and I'm waiting for the shuttle to Venus.