Hello from your TA!

Lonnie has asked me help kick off this blog by writing a little about an encounter I've had with light. I was going to write about my recent trip to Mt. Rainier but sadly, the computer deleted it so you all get a slightly older story:

A recent encounter I had with light/lighting was so exciting and beautiful I was almost jumping up and down (yes, dorky, I know). Fortunately for you all, I also have pictures of the event, which sadly, don't even start to do it justice.

I was camping in the hills of El Moro Canyon, with a beautiful view overlooking Newport harbor. Just after setting up camp I looked to see the sun beginning its decent over the sea, the sky on fire with a bright orange.




As time progressed and the sun dipped lower in the sky, the scene transformed from bright orange to a deep red as the sun shimmered its last few moments across the surface of the water.






Turning as the sun slipped under the horizon, (hey it was dinner time, and I was hungry!), I catch sight of this slight glimmer of rosey yellow light peeking over the mountains behind me. At first I thought it was a stadium, but as I watched it grew! and slowly I realized I was watching a full moon rise over the mountains (at this point I was almost jumping). Dinner was postponed.

I'll put one more image up from 20 minutes or so after the sun set, the dwindling twilight silhouetting the skeleton of a bush.

Like I said, the photos can only hint at what it was like to watch it :-) See you all in class!