Comments on: Sunrise, sunset… Not so swiftly flows The Day

By: elle

elle — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:57:22 +0000

The Royal Societies are absolutely gorgeous, and that’s a very descriptive beauty itself. McMurdo and the surrounding area IS nice: mountains, ice caves, seals, penguins, the smell of the earth, even runoff water in the summer!

I think that it is because us Polies spend more time in the dark, windows covered to prevent light pollution from destoying sceintific experiments with no other forms of life that the sun is worshipped as Apollo himself.

By: doug l

doug l — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:38:37 +0000

The earth shadow reaching through a pink and cobalt sky from Erebus to Discovery with Mt Salient and the Royal Society Range to the West; ineffable.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:37:09 +0000

I hope you remember where you put your sunglasses.

By: elle

elle — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:31:18 +0000

VERY excited.

Since the sun was up the day I arrived in Antarctica and has set only once since then, I am about to experience my FIRST SUNRISE IN 11 MONTHS!!!!!

I don’t beleive anything could be as beautiful.

By: Kitty'sBitch

Kitty'sBitch — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:24:48 +0000

After years of active nightlife, work and play, my brother and I walked out onto the porch of our apartment building to run errands at 11am. He immediately shreiked. Taken aback, I asked what was wrong.

“THE MOON!! IT’S ON FIRE!!”

Completely caught me off guard.
That was a good one.

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:23:50 +0000

THE SUN!!! LIGHT!!!