> > While they HAVE noticed that the sunset/rise moves N and south along the > horizon in spring and fall, Few have noticed that the moon makes that same > trip in a month. > So where is our moonalemma? I guess I have a Googling/Photography project now.
> outside the normal flyways for airlines and during the early era of > satellites, meaning that anything moving in the night sky was *really > cool*!) Lucky, there are way too many planes where I live. > I'm appalled when I hear "white folks" ooh and aww about how much this > native or that native tribe (contemporary or ancient) knew about the night > sky, about the movements of the celestial bodies... *of course* you notice > them if you are not in your glass/steel skyscraper watching a big screen TV! And it helps that they (sun, moon,planets, stars),are among the flashier things of the world, only having to compete with torches and camp/bonfires (and I suppose forest fires, lightning, et cetera) instead of electric lights and LCD/other screens. Possibly flashy meant (and perhaps still does) holy, so such objects were worthy of closer scrutiny. -Arlo James Barnes
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