Clouds After Sunset at Lake Lagunita Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Photos of Clouds & Haikus |
Preface: On Thursday, October 29, 2009, a friend and I took an half-hour walk
(4:05-4:35 pm) around Lake Lagunita on the Stanford University campus. There's no water
in the Lake as usual, but this is a favorite spot for students jogging around and others
walking their dogs. After completing the circular walk, we walked one-third the way to
a bench under a giant oak. This was the spot where I saw on the opposite side the
"Sleeping Tree of Lake Lagunita" which inspired a poem
six years ago (August 1, 2003). This time I told my friend about an
illuminating lecture
I attended on Tuesday, October 27 (7-9 pm) "Pilgrimage to the End of the World:
The Road to Santiago de Compostela" by
Conrad Rudolph (Professor of Art History,
University of California, Riverside). As I'm telling my friend about his
grueling
journey walking two and half months and 1000 miles, a giant blimp was circling the Lake.
This Airship cruised around the Lake twice but I left my camera in the car. When we rushed
back to get it, the Airship flew right over us and was gone.
After I got my camera, the clouds had changed to an orange hue from the sunset (6:12 pm).
These photos were taken several minutes after sunset. The photos were formatted at Cummings
Art Library (8-10 pm) and this HTML web page with haikus were written at Stanford Green Library (10:30 pm-1 am).
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Thursday, October 29, 2009, 6:13 pm Lake Lagunita, Stanford University "Bird Cloud" in the sky after sunset Missed the Airship photo but this "Bird Cloud" is lovely in the sunset. | ||
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Thursday, October 29, 2009, 6:17 pm Lake Lagunita, Stanford University "Bird Cloud" in the sky after sunset "Bird Cloud" flies northward as the Sun sets westward and the Earth goes to sleep. | ||
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Thursday, October 29, 2009, 6:21 pm Lake Lagunita, Stanford University "Spiral Sperm Cloud" and the Moon "Sperm Cloud" shooting for the Moon as if it is an egg love in the sky! | ||
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Thursday, October 29, 2009, 6:24 pm Lake Lagunita, Stanford University Two "Bird Clouds" after the sunset Two "Bird Clouds" in the sky after sunset ready to dance the ballet. | ||
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Thursday, October 29, 2009, 6:36 pm Lake Lagunita, Stanford University Glowing sky after sunset (Merged photos 1 and 2) |
Sunset over the hills all is quiet now and sky is luminous. |
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