I have seen something unusual - Page 3

cabclive · August 2nd, 2016, 11:07 PM

As a child i was able to jump in and out of the rain on a road, i thought that was so cool, i was 10. that was in 1958.

**9876543210** · August 3rd, 2016, 03:51 AM

Have seen a few things that probably qualify for this thread, but seeing King Tut's death mask was certainly one of them:

https://www.awesomestories.com/asset...nd-Its-Meaning

Some of you may remember, but back in the 70's or early 80's a portion of Tut's collection toured the world and I was able to see it in Chicago. The trip was amazing as, when we got to the museum very early in the morning, there were two lines of people waiting for the museum to open. And when we finally did get in the collection was really interesting. But, at least to me, that mask was just amazing. The quality of the workmanship was like something I'd never seen before.

If you ever get a chance this should be on your bucket list.

**sydney1** · August 3rd, 2016, 10:24 AM

Tracked a total eclipse of the sun in Normandy, Northern France about 15 years ago. Raced along a dual-carriage way at eighty miles an hour, for about an hour and lo and behold the moment, the break in the clouds, bright sunlight and then the moon appeared..
Slammed on the brakes, as did every other car and truck on that highway, everyone just abandoned their vehicle, stepped out and stared upwards. It was like an science fiction film. (Think Close Encounters of the third kind), everything went silent, the birds stopped singing, the temperature drop was amazing, from very hot to ice-cold in seconds.
All I heard during the eclipse which takes only a couple of minutes was a Frenchman on the other side of the motorway, smoking a joint,looking up at the wonder of it all, and saying in English:"Cool".

When the eclipse ended, everyone got back in their vehicles and carried on, but the look on their faces said it all.

**tygrkhat40** · August 3rd, 2016, 02:01 PM

A favorite game from childhood was the game Masterpiece. The artworks in the game were taken from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. The first time I saw the Vincent Van Gogh Self Portrait, I was struck by one, how small it is and two, how vivid the colors are. The one in the game is literally a pale copy. When I saw El Greco's The Assumption of the Virgin, I stood staring up at the 30' panel with my mouth agape.

Seeing the recreation of the Entartete Kunst ("Degenerate Art") exhibit at the AIC was mind-blowing.

Seeing the only Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Americas, Ginevra de' Benci at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Seeing the bushstrokes of the master was awesome.

MaxJoker · August 3rd, 2016, 02:43 PM

If only we were all seeing far more of them.

**Ninjaturtle** · August 3rd, 2016, 04:39 PM

When i was young i saw a part of our Milkyway. This was the craziest think i ever saw. It was a clear summer night and there was this streak full of stars

**Greenman** · August 3rd, 2016, 08:25 PM

A few years ago I was very lucky to be one of the few members of the public that got to see London from an airship. You may recall the Stella Artois Flight over London that occured and from up there not only was it incredibly windy but you got a really amazing view of London from Greenwich to Houses of Parliament and the London Eye. A few years later I was treated to a helicopter flight over London too, now that was pretty amazing and we actually flew closer to the Eye and other areas than the airship.

Bill derBerg · August 3rd, 2016, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninjaturtle

When i was young i saw a part of our Milkyway. This was the craziest think i ever saw. It was a clear summer night and there was this streak full of stars

Getting out of town and away from the light pollution can give us a glimpse of what our ancestors would have taken for granted.

I went on a camping/hiking trip to Cypress Hills. It's a park that spans southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. As it had been a hot dry summer and there was a total fire ban. Because Cypress Hills is away from any towns there was nothing but the moon and stars to light the sky. We saw what had to be Andromeda, as I believe it is the nearest galaxy. It was nothing short of amazing to see an entire galaxy by just looking up.

**trailmaster** · August 3rd, 2016, 10:35 PM

In the late 1950's and early 1960's my younger brother and I learned how to be amateur astronomers. We started to get library books and then bought some books that showed us all the constellations as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. We learned the name of all the constellation. All the brightest stars, and names of what are called Messier objects. In 1758 a French astronomer who was looking for comets found in many of the constellations these fuzzy objects seen with the unaided eye ( not using a telescope ). He found 110 of these objects that are now referred to as Messier objects. They are made up of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. My bother and I also got from a store in this great museum in Chicago called The Museum of Science and Industry paper devices that enabled us to see what constellations can be seen all during the year. And Chicago also had this fantastic scientific store called Edmund's Scientific Company which sold many fantastic things including telescopes. We bought two. One a 3 inch reflector, and a 2 inch refractror. The night sky in Chicago then was ok, not nearly as good as in rural areas but ok. On an average night when there was no moon, or clouds one could see about 800 stars. In rural areas one should be able to see 2500 stars. We also learned about what is called magnitude. This is the apparent brightness or dimness of stars as seen from Earth. The more negative the number the brighter the star, the more positive the number the more dim the star. For example: the brightest star of all is called Sirius in the constellation Canis Major. It is 8 light years from Earth and has a magnitude of -4.2 For comparison the magnitude of the full moon is -12.4 and the magnitude of the sun is -26.5. We got from that scientific store a thick type of colored glass that enabled us to look at the Sun through the telescope without burning our eyes. The images of the Sun were fantastic. At a magnification of 200 we could see giant sun flares shooting outward from the surface. These flares were hundreds the size of the Earth. We also could see these dark spots on the Sun. The average surface temperature of the Sun is 9,000 degrees Celsius, but cooler areas look like dark spots. You can only see these things with a telescope. With Binoculars you can't see anything. During the entire year my brother and I were able to find and identify the 110 Messier objects.
One of the commonest ones can easily be seen in the constellation Taurus in the winter sky. It is called the Pleiades or from the greek: The seven sisters. Without using a scope one can see seven stars. If one uses binoculars you can see about 20-50 more stars, and if one uses a telescope one can see 500 stars. This object is called an open star cluster. There are also globular clusters, but these are usually much farther away and much dimmer. My brother and I also used our telescopes to look at the moon. With a magnification of about 250 we could see all the most common moon craters, seas ( dry flat beds hundreds of miles wide ) and mountain ranges. During each year we also looked at meteor showers and eclipses of the Moon and Sun, and once I saw with my telescope one early morning in the summer of 1963 a comet. It was not a particular well known one, but at least I had the pleasure of seeing one.

**trailmaster** · August 3rd, 2016, 10:54 PM

By the way if any members are at all interested in Astronomy there is this fantastic website called The Astronomy Photo of the Day.The website is
apod.nasa.gov. This website shows the most fantastic photos of the universe and our planet taken by The Hubble telescope. Every day you may view a different photo , and there is an archive going all the way back to 1995, and on the bottom of each photo are links that will send you to articles in scientific or Astronomy publications that provide you with more info about what you see in the photo.

August 3rd, 2016, 10:24 AM	#23
sydney1 Vintage Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,378 Thanks: 10,562 Thanked 27,962 Times in 1,357 Posts	Tracked a total eclipse of the sun in Normandy, Northern France about 15 years ago. Raced along a dual-carriage way at eighty miles an hour, for about an hour and lo and behold the moment, the break in the clouds, bright sunlight and then the moon appeared.. Slammed on the brakes, as did every other car and truck on that highway, everyone just abandoned their vehicle, stepped out and stared upwards. It was like an science fiction film. (Think Close Encounters of the third kind), everything went silent, the birds stopped singing, the temperature drop was amazing, from very hot to ice-cold in seconds. All I heard during the eclipse which takes only a couple of minutes was a Frenchman on the other side of the motorway, smoking a joint,looking up at the wonder of it all, and saying in English:"Cool". When the eclipse ended, everyone got back in their vehicles and carried on, but the look on their faces said it all. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

August 3rd, 2016, 02:01 PM	#24
tygrkhat40 Long Suffering Bills Fan Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The City of Good Neighbors Posts: 9,669 Thanks: 304,243 Thanked 152,627 Times in 9,629 Posts	A favorite game from childhood was the game Masterpiece. The artworks in the game were taken from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. The first time I saw the Vincent Van Gogh Self Portrait, I was struck by one, how small it is and two, how vivid the colors are. The one in the game is literally a pale copy. When I saw El Greco's The Assumption of the Virgin, I stood staring up at the 30' panel with my mouth agape. Seeing the recreation of the Entartete Kunst ("Degenerate Art") exhibit at the AIC was mind-blowing. Seeing the only Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Americas, Ginevra de' Benci at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Seeing the bushstrokes of the master was awesome. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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MaxJoker Beloved Brother Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cemetery Gardens_Arterial Blood Lane_Rampton Secure Unit_Extra Violent F Wing_Cell 19 Posts: 69,106 Thanks: 372,713 Thanked 987,580 Times in 69,067 Posts	I have seen something fantastic. If only we were all seeing far more of them. __________________ My hypocrisy only goes so To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

August 3rd, 2016, 04:39 PM	#26
Ninjaturtle aka Kodijack Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Bunga Bunga Island Posts: 12,337 Thanks: 88,092 Thanked 259,810 Times in 12,571 Posts	When i was young i saw a part of our Milkyway. This was the craziest think i ever saw. It was a clear summer night and there was this streak full of stars __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

August 3rd, 2016, 08:25 PM	#27
Greenman Live Legend of VEF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Underground lair somewhere in the world Posts: 20,353 Thanks: 30,936 Thanked 383,520 Times in 19,356 Posts	A few years ago I was very lucky to be one of the few members of the public that got to see London from an airship. You may recall the Stella Artois Flight over London that occured and from up there not only was it incredibly windy but you got a really amazing view of London from Greenwich to Houses of Parliament and the London Eye. A few years later I was treated to a helicopter flight over London too, now that was pretty amazing and we actually flew closer to the Eye and other areas than the airship. __________________ There was only ONE Greenman, and you accepted no substitutes! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Rest in peace MaxJoker-you will be sorely missed. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 20,000: Milestone reached!

August 2nd, 2016, 11:07 PM	#21
cabclive Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 100 Thanks: 1,800 Thanked 813 Times in 92 Posts	As a child i was able to jump in and out of the rain on a road, i thought that was so cool, i was 10. that was in 1958.

August 3rd, 2016, 03:51 AM	#22
9876543210 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4,044 Thanks: 24,638 Thanked 34,288 Times in 4,008 Posts	Have seen a few things that probably qualify for this thread, but seeing King Tut's death mask was certainly one of them: https://www.awesomestories.com/asset...nd-Its-Meaning Some of you may remember, but back in the 70's or early 80's a portion of Tut's collection toured the world and I was able to see it in Chicago. The trip was amazing as, when we got to the museum very early in the morning, there were two lines of people waiting for the museum to open. And when we finally did get in the collection was really interesting. But, at least to me, that mask was just amazing. The quality of the workmanship was like something I'd never seen before. If you ever get a chance this should be on your bucket list.

August 3rd, 2016, 10:35 PM	#29
trailmaster Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Posts: 59,905 Thanks: 1,329,115 Thanked 707,294 Times in 60,079 Posts	In the late 1950's and early 1960's my younger brother and I learned how to be amateur astronomers. We started to get library books and then bought some books that showed us all the constellations as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. We learned the name of all the constellation. All the brightest stars, and names of what are called Messier objects. In 1758 a French astronomer who was looking for comets found in many of the constellations these fuzzy objects seen with the unaided eye ( not using a telescope ). He found 110 of these objects that are now referred to as Messier objects. They are made up of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. My bother and I also got from a store in this great museum in Chicago called The Museum of Science and Industry paper devices that enabled us to see what constellations can be seen all during the year. And Chicago also had this fantastic scientific store called Edmund's Scientific Company which sold many fantastic things including telescopes. We bought two. One a 3 inch reflector, and a 2 inch refractror. The night sky in Chicago then was ok, not nearly as good as in rural areas but ok. On an average night when there was no moon, or clouds one could see about 800 stars. In rural areas one should be able to see 2500 stars. We also learned about what is called magnitude. This is the apparent brightness or dimness of stars as seen from Earth. The more negative the number the brighter the star, the more positive the number the more dim the star. For example: the brightest star of all is called Sirius in the constellation Canis Major. It is 8 light years from Earth and has a magnitude of -4.2 For comparison the magnitude of the full moon is -12.4 and the magnitude of the sun is -26.5. We got from that scientific store a thick type of colored glass that enabled us to look at the Sun through the telescope without burning our eyes. The images of the Sun were fantastic. At a magnification of 200 we could see giant sun flares shooting outward from the surface. These flares were hundreds the size of the Earth. We also could see these dark spots on the Sun. The average surface temperature of the Sun is 9,000 degrees Celsius, but cooler areas look like dark spots. You can only see these things with a telescope. With Binoculars you can't see anything. During the entire year my brother and I were able to find and identify the 110 Messier objects. One of the commonest ones can easily be seen in the constellation Taurus in the winter sky. It is called the Pleiades or from the greek: The seven sisters. Without using a scope one can see seven stars. If one uses binoculars you can see about 20-50 more stars, and if one uses a telescope one can see 500 stars. This object is called an open star cluster. There are also globular clusters, but these are usually much farther away and much dimmer. My brother and I also used our telescopes to look at the moon. With a magnification of about 250 we could see all the most common moon craters, seas ( dry flat beds hundreds of miles wide ) and mountain ranges. During each year we also looked at meteor showers and eclipses of the Moon and Sun, and once I saw with my telescope one early morning in the summer of 1963 a comet. It was not a particular well known one, but at least I had the pleasure of seeing one.

August 3rd, 2016, 10:54 PM	#30
trailmaster Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Posts: 59,905 Thanks: 1,329,115 Thanked 707,294 Times in 60,079 Posts	By the way if any members are at all interested in Astronomy there is this fantastic website called The Astronomy Photo of the Day.The website is apod.nasa.gov. This website shows the most fantastic photos of the universe and our planet taken by The Hubble telescope. Every day you may view a different photo , and there is an archive going all the way back to 1995, and on the bottom of each photo are links that will send you to articles in scientific or Astronomy publications that provide you with more info about what you see in the photo.