Farewell darkness
With the change to British Summer Time today we're bidding farewell to the dark months of the year. Various artistic efforts are made to counterbalance the dark, such as this Field of Light display in Edinburgh's St Andrew Square. If you click on the link you'll see the display from above, where it looks much more artistic than it did to me as a groundling. I was all too aware of the yards of cabling. Perhaps a good view was had from the restaurant of Harvey Nichols, which is the tallest building towards the right of the shot.
After Earth Hour yesterday, what strikes me about this scene is just how lit up our city darkness is. Some find this comforting, but the longer I live in a city the more I wish for proper winter darkness of the countryside. It seems - strangely - less dark than the overdose of artificial light.
For the next few months, tho, natural light is growing all the time. Even if the first day of Summer Time is a grey haar brought in by a bitter East wind.
It is pretty awful here in Greenock too, but I love your photo.
ReplyDeleteI agree about country darkness. In the city, even if the sky clear you can't see the stars.
ReplyDeleteWe started our daylight savings time about 3 weeks ago!!! I love summer's longer days!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, the days are certainly getting longer now. Winter light installations can bring some brightness.
ReplyDeleteI am lucky to have country darkness. Nothing like it for viewing the stars. Enjoy your impending summer days.
ReplyDeleteYou're right - the light display is cool from above. Hooray for spring and more daylight hours!
ReplyDeleteI really like this! It is so nice to have bright evenings again.
ReplyDeleteWe have a backyard view of a valley filled with residential lighting. It's lovely at night, but though we live at the edge of the desert, it still dims the stars. I miss the night skies of my boyhood on the farm, when you could actually see the Milky Way.
ReplyDeleteQuite a few star-lovers here! I long to see the Milky Way. Probably the place most free of light pollution I've been to is Shetland, but that was in June when it didn't get dark at night, and in September, when it as cloudy. The most stars I've ever seen have been in Brittany, on a camping holiday. The night sky physically took my breath away. The rest of the family didn't appreciate being wakened to have a look at the stars...
ReplyDeleteOne of the things that go around Facebook every year is an old Indian saying that 'only a white man can cut off the bottom of a blanket and add it to the top and think it makes it longer..........'
ReplyDeleteTonight at 7:00 we were preparing to feed the quads and Mike said, "It doesn't SEEM like 7:00!" Indeed!