Image: “2015-09-28 Lunar Eclipse v2” by 51ststate, DeviantArt
Thy shadow, Earth, from Pole to Central Sea,
Now steals along upon the Moon’s meek shine
In even monochrome and curving line
Of imperturbable serenity.
How shall I link such suncast symmetry
With the torn troubled form I know as thine,
That profile, placid as a brow divine,
With continents of moil and misery?
And can immense Mortality but throw
So small a shade, and Heaven’s high human scheme
Be hemmed within the coasts yon arc implies?
Is such the stellar gauge of earthly show,
Nation at war with nation, brains that teem,
Heroes, and women fairer than the skies?
— Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present, 1902
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I appreciate the poetry
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Serenity with wars going on… not an easy thing!
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Might be exceptional in a large format image. Enjoy the lighthouse beam…
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Indeed. I think it’s highly compressed since it’s only 72 dpi and the camera may be not that good.
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too bad
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