Moonlightning

APOD: 2004 October 7 - Moon Lightning
Another stunning picture from this exccelent site, one must visit the site for the full effect, here is another Moonset for comparison. It always amazes me to see the moon rising and setting, it seems ageless and so serene. Makes one want to dance in the moonlight, speaking of wich, I managed to get Onka's big moka, Toploader's debut album (wonder why their site is down?), another bargain from Kloppers CD bar at the Waterfront. I just wish they would get all that building finished. Something that never seems to stop these days here in Bloemfontein. Always some new building mushrooming up overnight.
As the theme is moonish today here is one of abovementioned group's songs:
Dancing in the Moonlight - Toploader
We get it on most every night
when that moon is big and bright
its a supernatural delight
everybodys dancing in the moonlight

we get everybody here is out of sight
they dont bark and they dont bite
they keep things loose they keep it tight
everybodys dancing in the moonlight

dancing in the moonlight
everybodys feeling warm and bright
its such a fine and natural sight
everybodys dancing in the moonlight

we like our fun and we never fight
you cant dance and stay uptight
its a supernatural delight
everybody was dancing in the moonlight

dancing in the moonlight
everybodys feeling warm and bright
its such a fine and natural sight
everybodys dancing in the moonlight

we get in on most every night
and when that moon is big and bright
its a supernatural delight
everybodys dancing in the moonlight

dancing in the moonlight
everybodys feeling warm and bright
its such a fine and natural sight
everybodys dancing in the moonlight
I am quite surprised to see how many songs in my collection have "moon" in the title... Some favourites are Can't Fight the Moonlight - Leanne Rimes, Who Painted the Moon - NiaNell, the lady from Namibia with the silver voice. Also The Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys and of course the ever popular Bad Moon Rising by CCR. Well that is enough mooning about for one day. I think the quote fits the theme like a glove..
"Beauty is a form of genius--is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon." Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)