Saturday, December 6, 2008

When the sky smiled :)


Night sky has always been a delight to me . I always find it divine ,spiritual , enchanting and more. I think nothing but gazing at the sky makes one humble . Those cloudless nights where the countless stars twinkles . It has always been fun to locate the pole stars or the Ursa major(sapta rishi mandala) ... in sky.

But 31st November was no exception but when looking at the sky it was a little unusual to sight two stars which were so close by and so bright , though 1 looked like the morning star Venus the other one i had never seen before so close to Venus and so bright!!! and the fun part was when we a bunch of friends were looking at them , clouds were playing a trick , to make one bright at a time and then suddenly become so dull as to disappear , There were funny thoughts like it being a secret signal :P being conveyed don't know who though ! , it being a UFO . But a little analysis after getting home said it was Jupiter the largest planet and supposedly the king gods in roman and Venus !! And it was forgotten for the day.

It was only next day ie Monday 1st December when me and mom went to terrace for a stroll and as usual looked up the sky , the sight bewitched me it was indeed so beautiful so mysterious and great trick (I'm sure astronomers will completely disagree as it is physics ! But i like to forget the physics part and like to think its some one trying to write a smiley) The three celestial bodies Jupiter Venus and crescent moon which were in the position of a smiley .

After enjoying it for sometime , I immediately rushed to get the camera and here it is I have attached the image.

Two planets which are miles apart appear to be in perfect line to make the beautiful twinkling eyes of the sky and the crescent moon in perfect shape as to show the sky is indeed very happy. Oh ! what a sight to see !!!!!

9 comments:

  1. It was indeed beautiful.. Maybe the Gods were telling us things will be alright soon!! What say?? :D

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  2. disappointing that the moon was missing on the day we all sighted it first!...cool pic :)

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  3. Very cute pic :)
    Amazing to see how objects so far off came together to form such a meaningful pic... lovely :)

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  4. They say smile is the universal language.....No pic can demonstrate the above statement better than the one u have captured....Very nice capture :)

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  5. Nice pic :)

    btw, 31st november? a date nodi, I initially thought you were just pulling up some prank...printing mistake ansutte :)
    remembered this paradox which I read recently...
    why is the night sky black? (Olber's paradox)...strange that we never think about this as a question!

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  6. @raghavendra My bad and Good observation , although it was not a prank you could google for this event... btw chk this out response to your paradox! http://www.avgsatsang.org/hhstvs/mp3/Naasadiiya_Suktam/nAsadeeyasUktam-s.pdf

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  7. Hey illa, I only thought it was a prank before reading the entire post, just by seeing the date.....yes watching the night sky especially from the less polluted areas is an awesome feeling....a link od de.."However, how it all happened no one can say, for everyone came after creation"..aadru naav adr bagge yochisodu nillsakke aagalla alva?...and olber's paradox is something different, it talks about the "physics" explanation for night...comment thumba doddad aagutte, so posting about it on a blog..
    http://wp.me/pU0lN-p
    mythri do u understand sanskrit and read the texts for yourself or do u read the translations?

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