04-07-2017, 06:30 PM
Being serious for a moment, the things I love about Puna are:
1) Sunsets: Although we can't see the sun setting, the colors on a good weather day are spectacular, the weird but vivid color every plant and tree take on at that time and the view of the sky towards a silhouetted Mauna Kea;
2) Sunrise: Just spectacular especially if you can see it rise above the ocean. The next hour when the light is still beautiful and everything is waking up is very special;
3) The night sky: I have never lived in a place where at sea level you can step out of your house on a clear and moonless night and within a minute or two of becoming dark-adapted, you can easily see the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy. It's almost magical;
4) Living so close to nature at its most spectacular: How many other people on our planet live near a volcano with active lava flows they can go and watch and yet feel they aren't putting their life in danger?
It's a unique place.
1) Sunsets: Although we can't see the sun setting, the colors on a good weather day are spectacular, the weird but vivid color every plant and tree take on at that time and the view of the sky towards a silhouetted Mauna Kea;
2) Sunrise: Just spectacular especially if you can see it rise above the ocean. The next hour when the light is still beautiful and everything is waking up is very special;
3) The night sky: I have never lived in a place where at sea level you can step out of your house on a clear and moonless night and within a minute or two of becoming dark-adapted, you can easily see the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy. It's almost magical;
4) Living so close to nature at its most spectacular: How many other people on our planet live near a volcano with active lava flows they can go and watch and yet feel they aren't putting their life in danger?
It's a unique place.