I saw an extremely bright meteor on the drive back from Mankato tonight. It lit right in front of my eyes, lasted a good two seconds and had a nice sparkling trail and unearthly blue glow.
Naturally, my heart skipped a beat or two. Adrenaline surged (is it just me?) I wonder what it would be like to not know what such a sight was.. Think about it, most of the people in human history would not understand what they'd just witnessed. Many didn't believe it was possible for rocks to come from the sky.
Would you just chuckle to yourself and say: "[insert deity here] is at it again, all throwing lightening bolts to express his [dis]pleasure with us!"?
Congratulations to Elizabeth for passing discrete math! I'm done with my tests. They went better than expected... I sleep now.
Posted by eric at December 17, 2004 11:48 PM
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The last time I saw something that beautiful, I think it was through your dad's telescope at a late night class meeting at your house in Covington. :o) Long time, no see!
~Lori Johnson~
Posted by: Lori Johnson at December 18, 2004 01:53 PM