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electric_blue68

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6. I was extra lucky, and not thinking of it. My friend, and I slept overnight in Monument Valley....
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 02:50 AM
Jul 2024

It was early July 1979. We went to sleep in our sleeping bags around 9PM. We had a full moon.

We other woke up aroind 3:30Aish the moon had set.

And spanning practically most of the sky: the glittering arc that was The Milky Way.
Amazing! Magical!
Within a half hour the faintest stars began to disappear as the faintest light of the sunrise ? 1 1/2+ hours away arrived.

Only regret was not thinking to take a photo. Sure it would have blurry. I'd have perched it on my stomach, and tried several long exposures. Might have been lucky.

Visiting MV was extraordinary even if we hadn't slept over,but oh my goodness what a sublime extra experience!




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