My position on Earth is just beginning to spin under the sun. The moment just came where the window's sky went from the blackness it is all night long, to the "nearest blackness" where only my peripheral vision, not the foveal, can see the difference.
(I mean it's that deal where the periphery of the eye is more sensitive to faint light than the center.)
The first light of day, curls around the planet. And our position has just reached there.
On the moon, I guess the transition from dark to full daylight would be almost instantaneous, due to the lack of diffusing atmosphere.
Zap. Dark to daylight.
("Thank you, Dr Science.")
(What was my point? Well, nothing. I wonder what that first first light is called.)
I can sense it real well. To the quarter minute or less.
Oh boy.
BTW, Happy Big 25 Anniversary! MJ and I might be near ours too, but we can't remember the date we were married, let alone the year. (Sheesh.) I thought of calling the County and asking them to look it up. But crap, the embarrassment would be too much. |
