Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse, clouds prevent a sight of it; and yet a sense of relief accompanies the disappointment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's best not to stare at the sun during an eclipse.
In some ways, climbing in the clouds is comforting. You can no longer see how high off the ground you are.
There's a mystical strain in every country, and eclipses are likely to bring that out.
I know: If you're looking down at Earth, you're looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
The atmosphere is great for people - it allows us to survive - but it's a real headache for astronomers.
I remarked constantly, just at sunset, in these latitudes, that the eastern horizon was brilliantly illuminated with a kind of mock sunset. This in a short time disappeared, to be soon succeeded by another similar in character, but more faint.
The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.
Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.