No, I did not see Snakes, Leopards or Tigers. Moreover, I have never seen a proper stratus sea, sunset, starry night, milky way, comets and sunrise.

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Stratus Sea

If the clouds are just sunlight shades, think again. Stand just below the clouds. Stand just above the clouds. Stand right into the clouds! Try it. Try it once, at least once. Then add it together with some hills and mountains peeking through, and then let the orange paint the rest of the picture. Feel it…

Sunset

“The sunset is most fabulous, yet the sky hits dusk.”, an old poem in Chinese. The setting sun is great, yet it does not last long. This makes it precious. Afterall, a forever setting sun is not that romantic. It is fabulous not only because it is spectacular, but that it lasts only brief moments. Get a home with a sunset…?

Starry Night

The inhabitants in Macau and Hong Kong are lucky in many ways. Yet, most of them do not have the slightest chance of a clear starry night with uncountable stars twinkling all night. I always mocked those poets and people who make shapes of the starry nights, which is something so abstract it is a fooling act. Here, I no longer see a clear picture of each single constellation, but a mixture of everything in a whole picture, lying on the grasslands. Now, I no longer feel wanting to mock the poets.

Milky Way

However, stars itself is not enough. If a dozen of stars makes a starry night for you, you have missed the river up the sky – The Milky Way. This mysterious river at night is only visible whilst light is at its minimum. Without the Milky Way, the starry night has just lacked its own background with a dull dark background, and leaving a horde of less distinguishable light bulbs up high. With it, the romance also slips in, completing the legendary picture for the average metropolitans. Show me the Milky Way in Macau and Hong Kong!

Comets

What could have made the milky-way backgrounded stars twinkling night better? Comet. Comets. Yes! I saw comets, not just a comet. Two makes a plural. I hope I can wish fast enough, but I definitely caught offguard. I wish…

Sunrise

The emerging warmth stops the shivering. A sky so beautiful, you can hardly find one in the cities in general. Just look at this sky painted in such warmth. Until then…

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No, I did not see Snakes, Leopards or Tigers. But now I have seen a proper stratus sea, sunset, starry night, milky way, comets and sunrise. Onto something next!

( Courtesy of Zhe for the Sunrise and Stratus Sea, my camera out of memory. For the nightly visions, my camera is not the right tool. I really want to share to you all! )

Sun Over the Stratus Seas and Comets Across the Starry Night

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