Moonlight

The moon the other night was extremely bright shining through my window. At first I thought it was the street light but realized my house isn't near a street light so that couldn't be it. I looked out the window and saw that the moon was right in front of my window. I sat there and stared for awhile amazed that the reflection of something so far away could still be so bright. Light does some incredible things.

Sunset

Growing up in California I have seen my fare share of incredible sunsets. That is something I didn't realize I would miss moving to Florida but after not seeing them very often I started to realize that I miss seeing them. Last night there was an incredible sunset and it made me extremely happy to just sit outside and stare at it. The colors that occur when the sun starts dipping below the horizon are unbelievable and still to this day blow me away that the sky can change so much like that.

Wave Particle Duality

It's always interesting to me when you look at light coming through a gap of some sort and you can see the beam up close but the further from the source it gets you can't really tell that it was beam and instead it just looks like light filling the room. This happens all over my house and now I have found myself verbally saying oh look at the wave particle duality that is occurring which always seems to give me some interesting looks.

Dark Night

The other day I was watching TV and a storm warning showed up in the bottom corner. I decided to go outside and see what was going on. It was about 9 at night so it was already pretty dark. When I went outside I could clearly see that the sky to the west was drastically darker than the sky on the east. It was very interesting to be able to see the different shades of darkness that the storm was creating in the already dark night sky.

Flashing Sun

This morning I was on my way to the gym and I noticed out of the corner of my eye something flashing in my rearview mirror. Now normally this isn't a good thing and so it kind of caught me off guard especially since I wasn't doing anything illegal. I looked up and there was no one behind me but every time I would look away I could still see the flashing light. It was at this point that I realized the morning sun was behind me and every tree that I drove by quickly blocked out the sun causing the sensation of the sun flashing in my mirror.

Light Beam

Today I was cleaning out my ducks pen, there is a hole in the top to drain rain water down into his little pool. It wasn't raining today but yet there was still something draining down into the pool. It was sunlight and it was only shining through that one little hole which made a perfect beam down into the water where it was then reflected all throughout the pool. I stopped and stared at it for a minute just examining what it was doing and how cool it was.

Today I commented on Emmanuel Cabreras blog.

http://ecabrerashp.blogspot.com/2012/06/while-eating-pizza-at-my-neighbors.html?showComment=1339165573356#c6004373702067684036

Black Light

The other day I was at the bowling alley and they had all of their lights off and just black lights going. I pulled out my drivers license to get a drink and noticed that on my California drivers license an image of me appeared off to the side of my actual picture. There is a hidden image that only shows up under black light. What confused me was as to how they could create an image like that. If we see things based on light and color then how can an image show up when a certain color hits it? It was a little weird but also super cool at the same time. However I am still confused.

Today I commented on Adam Grays blog.

http://awgrayshowproblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/i-miss-sun.html?showComment=1339001450048#c7237307339130190943

Clouds

As I was driving to school in this overcast weather I couldn't help by find myself squinting. I put on my sunglasses which helped get rid of the squinting but it didn't help get rid of the weird thought in my head. It always surprises me when I look outside and see that it's overcast and then I walk outside and still feel like I'm being blinded. It's amazing how the sun can still affect you so much even when you can't even really see it. I guess it just goes to prove that light will find a way to show itself regardless of the situation.

Today I commented on Stephanie Koh's blog
http://steph1koh.blogspot.com/2012/06/darkness.html?showComment=1338823276684#c2942011642163575208

Stars

I got home late last night and while I was walking inside I decided to look up and check out the stars. However I could barely see a star in the sky. This is weird to me because were I grew up you can see every star in the universe it seems.  I realize that the lights of the city create light pollution in which we cannot see the stars but it is still very interesting to me that that could happen. I would never think that natural light could be drowned out by artificial light but I guess when the powers aren't equal the more powerful one wins which in this case is the city lights. Furthermore I think there should be an ordinance that all city light be cut off at midnight so people everywhere can still enjoy the stars in the night sky.

Today I commented on Emmanuel Cabrera's blog.

http://ecabrerashp.blogspot.com/2012/06/as-i-try-to-enjoy-small-miracle-that.html?showComment=1338736434287#c2150129901560513475

Sun

Well it has finally happened, I don't normally sleep in very late so sun isn't a huge issue. I know for a fact that the sun hits the front of my house in the morning and my bedroom window is on the side of my house. These factors would lead you to believe you would get more time without the sun pestering you. This however is not true, once the sun gets above my roof it leaks over the sides of the house and bam straight through the blinds into your eyes. I have slept through a lot of things most people haven't even dreamed about but for some reason the damn sun is something that I just can't sleep through.

Today I commented on Nic Millers post.


http://nrmshopro.blogspot.com/2012/06/colors-warped-by-screens-im-sitting.html?showComment=1338658857123#c1056602730844203974

Colors

The other day I was at Home Depot walking around looking for some tools and stuff and I found myself getting really aggravated that I couldn't find what I was looking for. I decided to leave and went across the street to Lowes. I had the same problem at Lowes as well but didn't find myself getting annoyed or aggravated at all while I was there. After coming home and thinking about it I realized Home Depot uses a lot of orange, yellow, and red for their colors while Lowes uses a lot of blues. Now that I have had the color lecture I realize that it probably wasn't just the set up of Home Depot that was annoying me but literally their color scheme was affecting my mood.

Today I commented on Adam Grays blog.

http://awgrayshowproblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/post-2.html?showComment=1338560164071#c3169242472648547673

This morning as I opened my dishwasher to empty the dishes I noticed something really cool. I had all my cups in a row on the top shelf and right next to them was a red tupperware lid. The angle of the morning light in my kitchen was coming through the red lid and being spread across all of the clear cups. This made every cup have a nice red hue to them and some of the cups which have a prism like shape were creating their own rainbows inside the dishwasher. I hate doing dishes but when it's so colorful and interesting you can't complain.