Sundown on the Susquehanna

[Mousetoescamper]

Last night at Chickies Rock Overlook, north of Columbia, PA.

[LoisB]

1. Beautiful! Thank you.

[Mousetoescamper]

2. Thanks and you're welcome!

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Beautiful and peaceful.

[Mousetoescamper]

6. Thanks!

[brer cat]

4. I agree with Diamond_Dog. That is so beautiful and peaceful.

I love sunsets!

[Mousetoescamper]

7. Thanks!

[BobTheSubgenius]

5. It IS just beautiful, and caused me to ponder for a moment.

It's one of those images that people find exceptionally pleasing, almost universally. If Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, there is a LOT of commonality among the beholders.

[Mousetoescamper]

9. Thanks!

There is what might be called an objective art, which affects everyone in similar ways. The Great Pyramid and the Mona Lisa, along with certain music, seem to have that quality. Certain images of sunsets might also approach that level of universal affect and appeal. I appreciate your pondering something beyond the superficial appeal of a "pretty picture."

[BobTheSubgenius]

16. No, thank you, actually!

And, to demonstrate the silly and superficial part of my nature, in my head was playing "Way down upon the Susquehanna"

What can I say? The voices come, the voices go

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. How lovely, my dear Mousetoescamper!

Serene, beautiful, peaceful!

I especially like the way the river and the sky have similar patterns. The river's swirling surface looks a lot like the wispy, graceful clouds above it.

[Mousetoescamper]

10. Thanks!

You've noticed interesting details and patterns that I saw directly last night. There are other details revealed with magnification: fishing boats, railroad tracks, smokestacks, etc.

[Easterncedar]

11. Could be a cover for "Riverworld"

One of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy book series.

(Until just now I didn’t know they tried to film it.)

It looks like the water is perched against the curve of the planet.

Gorgeous

[Mousetoescamper]

12. I haven't yet read any of the "Riverworld" books

The premise is interesting.

My longtime favorite science fiction authors are Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, Robert Heinlein and Ray Bradbury.

Thanks!

[Easterncedar]

13. Yes to all those. But James Tiptree changed my brain

I used to read quite a lot of science fiction.

[Mousetoescamper]

14. She's new to me.

Which of her short stories would you suggest as an introduction?

Thanks!

[Easterncedar]

15. The Women Men Don't See, The Screwfly Solution

Houston, Houston Do You Read?

These are all stories about gender and power, written in the voice of a male narrator; the first was cited as disproving the rumor the author was female and supporting the idea that he was CIA.