Bangkok: The Land of Smiles
December 1, 2008 by Gavin Gough
Although you might be forgiven for thinking that there’s not much to smile about in Bangkok at the moment, the moon and stars disagree.
Stepping out onto my apartment balcony this evening for my post-supper cup of Earl Grey, I noticed that there were just two stars in the night sky. They were positioned just above the smiley arc of the moon.
I don’t know why, it just made me laugh so I thought I’d share it with you.
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Wow, that’s wonderful…and surprisingly heart-warming. Nice one.
As Nic says, that is wonderful! I love the first pic.
I’m smiling almost as much as the Starman!
so…lovely : )
Ha! I thought it looked like a smiley too, yesterday, while coming back from the desert (Rajasthan India). Also thought what would happen if I posted it on my blog, but the car was going too fast! Slightly weird coincidence, Gavin:)
nice pic. Maybe the heavens were smiling because PAD left the airport?
jack
That is bizarre Mitchell. It never occurred to me that it would look the same from elsewhere on the planet. Nice coincidence.
Jack, the heavens aren’t smiling as much as the rest of us!
Yup, we’re all looking at the same moon.
However, whilst your moon has it’s crescent at the bottom, ours currently has it to the right hand side, so we are obviously seeing it at different angles.
I’m sure there is some maths involved somewhere, to prove it, but that would just ruin the magic of it all.