Night Scenes from Volcano Hawaii

 

Hawaii Night Sky

"Night Sky"

To see more of Miles Morgan's amazing photograph -- www.milesmorganphotography.com

Studying the night sky,
I find that starlight falls
quite gently on my face.
It is not as if I had
anything to hide, though
my hot mammal thoughts
simmer endlessly.
The stars do not mind.
They are cool and remote
shining without passion
or possession through
the long cosmic miles.
It is their distance
that comforts me.
Above the stirring
and blood violence
they are serene.
Their dispassionate light
coolly lingers on my skin.
I taste the cold immensity
of distance and grow calm.

Sherri Rose-Walker
Copyright 1987

Last night was the longest night of the year and the stars from the back porch at 3am were glorious. While I cannot capture their beauty either in photograph or poetry, I am very grateful to those who can, like Miles Morgan and Sherri Rose-Walker, who as been my friend since about 1986; she is my absolute favorite poet.

Heavens Over Hawaii

Amazing Photography by Rogelio Bernal Andrea (visit www.deepskycolors.com)

Down in the Puna District on the Big Island of Hawaii, we are having a spectacular night-time opportunity during April to view FIVE planets.  As you might imagine, the air quality here is amazing – and one of the reasons there are a number of international telescopes atop Mauna Kea.  Here’s a list of the planets we are able to see right now:  

"Star Trails Over Mauna Kea"  (Astrom. Soc. of the Pacific)

• Brilliant Venus in west dusk until mid-evening
• Fading Mars sets soon behind the sun
• Bright Jupiter from dusk until late night
• Saturn rises at mid-to-late evening
• Mercury at dusk in second half of April

"Namesake" photo by Lunel

I got lucky the other night with my own photo.

Hope you take a moment to visit the links below to see more amazing night sky photography.    Mahalo to Rogelio who gave permission to introduce people to his inspiring photography!

http://www.deepskycolors.com/

Photos of Hawai’i night sky by 

Rogelio Bernal Andrea -- AMAZING

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