Glob: Travels

Shafaq ke Rang

Sunrise - Fort William - Sep 2010, originally uploaded by righthalf.

Sep 2010:
Shafaq ke rang nikalne ke baad aayi hai
Yeh shaam dhoop mein chalne ke baad aayi hai
-Indira Verma, Shafaq ke Rang

 

Ship, my Ship!

Pirates - Sydney - Dec 2008, originally uploaded by righthalf.

Dec 2008: "Ship, my ship! I seek the West, And fields and mountains ever blest. Farewell to Middle-earth at last. I see the Star above my mast! " — J.R.R. Tolkien

The Creator?

The Cr. - Sydney - Dec 2008, originally uploaded by righthalf.

Dec 2008: Half an hour later, the message read "The Creator is Jesus". Does that mean the name of the guy flying the plane is Jesus (pronounced He-soos)? Seriously, why is it that every developed country that is re-discovering its identity due to immigrant influx insists on shamelessly protecting the incumbent's religious identity - or am I reading too much? This was the scene at the 2009 new year fireworks at Sydney, the single largest event viewed by all Australians. This years' theme was Creation. Time to evolve, methinks.

Model Wharf

Wharf - Melbourne - Dec 2008, originally uploaded by righthalf.

Dec 2008: This picture has colors and composition that make it look more like a model than an actual picture. If you were to make a model of a beautiful urban wharf, it would probably look something like this picture of Melbourne's wharf area at sunset.

Colors of Full Moon

Moon Fire - Lonavla - Jan 2009, originally uploaded by righthalf.

Jan 2009: The third full moon of 2009 brings colors of Holi. Looking back at the first full moon of 2009 through the colors of Fire.

Going down for Air?

Oh fish - Sydney - Dec 2008, originally uploaded by righthalf.

Dec 2008: If humans come up for air in the northern hemisphere, do they go down for air down under? If humans come up for air, do fish go down for air? As we ponder over such questions of life, here is a fish in a net (or is it net in a fish) stuck in a fishing rod (or is it rod stuck in a fish) with a harpoon pierced through it (or is the fish stretching the harpoon out of shape).

New Full Moon

Moon - Lonavla - Jan 2009, originally uploaded by righthalf.

Jan 2009: Did you notice that a Full Moon looks nearly the same at all times? Apparently, moon's rotation got locked in this configuration as a result of frictional effects associated with tidal deformations caused by the Earth a few million years ago. Here you can see the Tycho crater around which the radial lines of the ray system are slightly visible on the first full moon of 2009.

Harboring the Sun

Skyline, Opera House, Harbor Bridge - Sydney - Dec 2008, originally uploaded by righthalf.

Dec 2008: The sun glows over the iconic Sydney monuments for a final time in 2008 as more than 1 million people await $5MM worth of fireworks to glow over them in a few hours.

Catching the Sun

A walk on the beach - Mumbai - Jan 2009, originally uploaded by righthalf.

Jan 2009: The sun sets. A daughter rises. Earth conforms to gravity and moves around the sun. She defies gravity and stands on her own two feet.

Moon on Fire

Hue and the Moon - Lonavla - Jan 2009, originally uploaded by righthalf.

Jan 2009: January 10, little Zoya's first birthday, also a spectacular full moon. Flames from the barbecue compete with the orange hue of the moon.