There are a few things I'd like to see before I die; unfortunately, they are not garunteed sites like the pyramids in Egypt and large sitting Buddhas which (hopefully) don't move. Don't get me wrong, these are great accomplishments of human kind, but I think I can still marvel at the talent of the ancients without seeing the Sphinx face to face.
What I'd like to see are the wonderous phenomena that take place in the sky. Ever since I saw a picture of the Nothern Lights in our dictionary as a kid I've wanted to experience as many of those fleeting and fantastic atmospherical events as I could. Only recently have I really rediscovered this joy. Living on the Hudson River afforded me many opprotunities to see full rainbows, bright and completely arched, some even reflected in the water below. At the top of the list is a circumhorizontal arc, pictured above. They are considered one of the rarest natural occurences and look how beautiful! Rainbowey licks of fire in the sky. I'd also like to view a moonbow, the Northern Lights, a parhelic circle, an anthelion, and a cicumzenithal arc.
I realize it is a matter of being in the right place at the right time, but I have hope I'll see a few of them in my lifetime.
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