(03-19-2016, 11:53 PM)churchilllafemme Wrote: (03-19-2016, 11:14 PM)Freddy Wrote: John, your taste in movies is impeccable. Definitely an all-time favorite of mine.
My screen saver is of a cloud formation taken when an acquaintance who lived in Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii was taking me to the observatories at the summit of Mauana Kea several years ago.
Nice picture, Freddy. I got the worst sunburn of my life while hiking in the crater there without a shirt on many years ago. I ended up in the ER, getting IV fluids and fresh stripped aloe leaves applied to my back.
It doesn't take much, that's for sure and obviously something you are
never likely to forget. In your instance, that old saying is literal: "Once burned, twice warned." Fortunately for me, I was taken there at sunset (as seen from the photograph) and it was quite cool at the summit, as you can well imagine. It really was a thrill for me because it is the only time I have ever seen the Milky Way. Being a big city boy, I rarely get to see the stars in such profusion. One of my regrets is that in 70 years of life I have never witnessed a falling star.