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REMEMBER (Bucharest, August 24 and September 24, 2020) Astro-photo-poem (cosmopoem) by Andrei Dorian Gheorgh Danre Alighieri (“Paradise”) taught me the general idea, Cyrano de Bergerac (“The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon”) taught me the particular idea, Nicolaus Copernicus rented me his crater, Galileo Galileo guaranteed me telescopic diversity, Ludwig van Beethoven ("Moonlight Sonata”) delighted me with his music, Jules Verne (”From the Earth to the Moon”) taught me attitude, Herbert George Wells (“The First Men in the Moon”) taught me courage, Apollo Missions taught me that it is possible and the Van Halen...
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THE MOON ON SEPTEMBER 8 AND 9, 2020 Astro-photo-poem by Valentin Grigore Crowned by Seven Sisters… surrounded by Capella, Aldebaran, Mars… a bright headlight sailing between the Pleiades and the Hyades… Comments You need JavaScript to be able to post comments You need to be logged in to leave a comment Click Here to Login
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (321): Inertia of Inertia (167)
A MIRACLE Astro-photo-poem (cosmopoem) by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe “Water on the Moon!” I shouted on August 31, when I saw the moonrise from the agglomeration of Bucharest. “Let's colonize the satellite for a better life and swim through its golden waves!” I shouted when I saw the miracle. “Poor crazy man,” the Moon replied, “do not rush, it's just an artesian fountain, so I'm afraid you have to wait a lot.” Comments You need JavaScript to be able to post comments You need to be logged in to leave a comment Click Here to Login
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TWILIGHT ABOVE THE BUCEGI MASSIF By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (poem) and Valentin Grigore (photo) The high structures made by humans (such as the Costila Relay - 80 m high, made in the 1960s at an elevation of 2500 m - to the left side of the image below, and the Caraiman Cross - 36 m high, the tallest summit cross in the world at an elevation of over 2200 m, made in the 1920s - to the right side of the same image) are so modest compared to the structures made by nature (such as the Bucegi Massif) which are...
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NEAR THE PALACE OF TELEPHONES (Bucharest, September 2020) In the 1930s, the Romanian Kingdom leased the telephone services to an American company that did an excellent job and left a superb material inheritance, the Palace of Telephones (placed on the Victory Way between the Continental Hotel and the reproduced entrance of the former National Theatre - destroyed in World War II). Watching this wonderful document of American civilization (which “replaced” the classical buildings with the “skyscrapers”), I have to take into consideration that telephony is a field in continuous progress and nobody knows what the future will bring here. Hello…?...
