Another interesting question is whether timekeeping ought to be based
on celestial events or on atomic clocks.
Not exact matches
In course of time, unusual
events were studied as of special significance; and from this into portents of one sort or another the way was easy: earthquakes, ec1ipses, abnormal births, abnormal weather,
celestial phenomena, and then ritualistic phenomena, such as the structure of a sacrificed animal, the spread of oil
on water, and so
on in manifold ramifications.
Long, long after the
celestial event, it has been revealed that the original idea for the soon to be dedicated Maurice Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center at Mount Tremper came, literally, from
on high.
Explore alien planets, enhance your knowledge with detailed information
on astronomy and space travel - and never miss an important
celestial event.
All of a sudden, there's an explosion of complex artifacts, symbolic representation, measurement of
celestial events, complex social structures — a burst of creative activity that almost every expert
on prehistory assumes must have been connected with the sudden emergence of language.
Celestial events: For earthbound observers, 2004 offers a total lunar eclipse, visible throughout North America
on October 27, and some fine shooting stars.
«Technologically, probably the most important
event in human history was to land
on another
celestial body,» says Beth O'Leary of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.
He also composed for the television project And the Band Played
On and has written music for the New York stage productions Mother, The
Celestial Alphabet
Event, and Mother Courage, and music for Widows at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Most people watched the
celestial event through special glasses, but one woman
on the shore of Evergreen Lake wore a welder's mask.
Some of the
events I attended were the Deep Playa Art Tour, Sunrise Yoga, Giant Twister, Blues and Brews, TuTu Tuesday, David Bowie Happy Hour, the Wu - Tang and Sword Fighting Club,
Celestial Communicator and a few classes
on relationships, friends and love.
I am especially fond of Hurd's painting Enemy Action over American Bomber Station because it reminds me of medieval woodcut prints of weather and heavenly phenomena — in particular, Hans Glaser's depiction of a
celestial event over my birth town, Nuremberg,
on 14 April 1561.
In «Day's End,» Matta - Clark dangles
on a DIY platform suspended from the roof while blowtorching a huge, crescent - shaped piece of wall; when it's finally freed and sunlight comes pouring in, the moment feels like a
celestial event.
A female voice recites an excerpt from a written essay that collects together circumstantial histories and notes
on celestial alignments that revolve around the annual
event of the sun dissecting the building.
I learn that the photograph was taken by MPA in 29 Palms, California, where she relocated from New York City three years ago, to focus
on the body of work that led to this show; it captures an» unexplained
celestial event in the night sky above.»
Alchemical colour effects generated with sprayed paint
on vast canvases hint at sublime natural, elemental or
celestial events.