"We are all star stuff." 

-Carl Sagan

It's a science fact. As I quoted from @SciencePorn (one of my favorite Twitter accounts!), 90% of our body mass is, in fact, stardust, because all the elements except for hydrogen and helium are created in stars. Yep, it's true. And although it's not for motivational purpose, it does motivate me. So when people tell you that you're the star for the night, that's not a bullshit because you really are.

It's been quite a long time since I posted the last night-panorama. My wish of going to Bosscha or stargazing anywhere haven't been fulfilled so I keep stargazing virtually through TWAN. All my gratitude go for you, dear astronomers and photographers, for keeping us updated and giving us easy access to see the world above. 

As always, click the picture for the sources.

First, from one of my favorite photographer, Wally Pacholka. The grandeur panorama, below and above.

What a beautiful shot taken in Grand Canyon. Breath-taking, isn't it? It's like a giant just walked in the universe while pouring a bucket full of stars and galaxies. A reminder that we're indeed merely look like some dusts in this universe.

Next, from Bernd Proschold, aurora borealis in northern Finland.

Magical rainbow during the night. Few days ago I and Petra talked about our wish to witness this amazing scene live, at least once in our life. And to achieve this there's no other way than saving up for a trip to the northern hemisphere, where it shows up. One day, one day...

Move to another site, which I also love, National Geographic. Taken in Tokai Forest, South Africa, by Penny R. Robartes, it's not a picture of sky or the things above our head, but it's definitely one of my favorite of night panorama. Dramatic, magnificent, like a shot fresh from my dream.

 

Ah, this makes me more eager to have a trip somewhere where I can scream my lungs out while lying beneath the marvelous stars above. Where I can be in peace for awhile, far, far away from troubles and problems.

Yes, that's a line from Maroon 5's Payphone. Although I'm so into Kpop right now, I'm still enjoying Maroon's 5 latest album Overexposed. I reeeeaaaally like Payphone, I'm jamming to it all day but too bad I don't really like the rap parts.

Anyway, I'm having some... issues right now. About this and that. I cannot tell precisely what kind of problems that I'm having. Old story, actually, more like just another episode of it. Truthfully this thing really ruined my holiday mood. I don't want it and I'm tired, and I don't know how to fix it back or what should I do to end this. Forever.

But let's move on!

One more thing before I end this random (and pointless? Lol I'm bored!) post, I want to share these pictures of 2NE1 for 1st Look magazine! I just found these on their Facebook. And they look gorgeous as usual! My fierce queens are fierce!

Also check out their editorial photos for W Korea Magazine in Cannes, France!

Hey... It's been a long loong time since I posted my last post. A lot of things happened... Most of them were tiring. I'm just sooo tired right now...

I love seeing sky, especially at night. Unfortunately here, in Jakarta, it's impossible to see so many stars clearly :( When I opened Ma'am Prima's blog (here!) and read her post about Ketep Pass, I suddenly remembered about the beauutiful sky I saw in Magelang. The stars were sparkling sooo bright, and there were so many of them. It's just like there's a person poured a glass of milk in sky.

And that was 2 years ago. I just want to go back there... Only to see the stars. Or anywhere else where the sky is perfect. In fact I planned to go to Bosscha Observatory this December but when I checked the schedule for night visit, the program for this year has ended last October :( Again, I have to postpone it until next year (hopefully). And then I want to have my own telescope. The real one. No, it doesn't have to be like the one in A Walk to Remember, just a simple one, as long as I can see Jupiter. I want to buy one... but after I searched in Kaskus it costs IDR 17 million. Ha. Then my friends told me that there is telescope in ACE Hardware, and cheaper, well compared to the one in Kaskus! It only costs IDR 500k. I'm interested, but haven't got time to check it out. But I'm kinda interested to try make my own telescope. I already found a tutorial how to make it, but it seems sooo complicated hahahaha I do need help!

Soooo because I can't see stars now, I'm just pleasing myself by looking at pictures of stars. I'm happy that there is a website The World At Night where a lot of amazing pictures of sky are compiled... I'm always getting better from my bad mood after seeing those pictures :)

The title of this picture is Heavens Above The Ale's Stones, photographed by P-M Heden. This shot was taken in a mysterious Ale's Stones area in Sweden. Check out Heden's gallery here.

The picture above is titled From The Bottom of The Grand Canyon, photographed by Wally Pacholka. I really like this photographer, his work is amazing! Check out his gallery here.

Another favorite! It's William Herschel Telescope in La Palma, Canary Islands. You can see that this telescope was prepared to discover the deep cosmos above it! It's photographed by Babak Tafreshi, my another favorite photographer. He's still young, and actually is the founder and leader of The World At Night. Check out his gallery here.

All of the pictures above are from TWAN website. Just go the website and explore the beauty of night...