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["Laurel" <laureldunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The description of this event and associated phenomenon of 
Venus' light is excellent. Somewhere in here resides a poem Mr. Gorodenski.

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>From: Stan Gorodenski <stan_gorodenski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [AZ-Observing] Venus Surprising
>Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2005, 10:28
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> Sunday night I was at around the 8,000 ft. elevation in New Mexico. I
> was in my van doing some reading to wait for the skies to get dark after
> the sun set. After reading for awhile I turned the lights off to see the
> stars. I noticed across the road there appeared to be a light coming
> from a trailer (which I thought was vacant) because of  light reflection
> in the trees. However, as the night wore on and it got darker the
> contrast between the reflected light and the night sky did not increase.
> About a half hour later I then noticed what looked like someone  making
> their way down the road in the distance because the trees were lit up in
> a horizontal direction. Since I was in a remote area I carefully opened
> the door of my van and quietly walked to see where the the light was
> coming from. I was shocked to see it was Venus. Venus was ready to set
> and must have been blocked by trees early on. The flickering that made
> it appear as though someone was walking with a flashlight must have been
> caused by Venus passing behind branches as it was setting. Also, my
> guess is Venus must have been reflecting off something, maybe the vacant
> travel trailer, that caused the trees to be lit up giving the appearance
> that someone was occupying it.
> Stan
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