Observations

Observation as Perspective

Observations

Observation is one of several forms of perspective.

Marilyn Perry

A Once Opulent House In Detroit Now Left In Ruins

Marilyn Perry On The Ruins of Detroit

Many areas within and around Detroit, Michigan are ruins. A century ago, after Henry Ford invented motor vehicle mass production, Detroit, Michigan became one of America's "gold rush" economy cities. Detroit rose to prominence not long after America's so called gilded age. As a result, early twentieth century Detroit, Michigan became home to opulent corporate offices, hotels, theaters, train stations, and architectural grandeur in general. Nearly all of Detroit's opulence is gone now.

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SpaceX Starbase First Starship Integrated Flight Test

Marilyn Perry On The SpaceX Starbase First Starship Integrated Flight Test

On Thursday April 20, 2023, the rocket builders at  SpaceX Starbase conducted their first Starship and Super Heavy Booster orbital rocket Integrated Flight Test (IFT), from the Starbase Rocket Test and Launch Complex in Boca Chica, Texas. Boca Chica, Texas, the site of the Starbase orbital rocket test and launch complex is located on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico just one mile north of the Mexico border.

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Marilyn Perry On Having Seen A Rainbow

Marilyn Perry On Having Seen A Rainbow

I saw a rainbow this afternoon.
It was a huge rainbow.
The rainbow I saw was bright and wide, and very nearby.

As the rainbow appeared, on one side of the afternoon sky, a dark and swiftly moving cloud approached from the east. At the same time, the afternoon sun shone brightly across the sky, out of the west, from beneath the clouds. Sunbeams radiated across the sky from the west at an angle that lit the dark cloud brightly above as well as the sky below it. Although the afternoon was sunny from some perspectives, large rain droplets falling from the approaching clouds were clearly visible. There may have even been bits of sleet among the early winter day's raindrops.

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