No, I am thanking God today for having a cataract in my right eye. I am thanking God that I live in a time of history when cataracts can be removed. I am thanking God for insurance. I am thanking God that I had a cataract removed just a few weeks ago.
I am thanking God for "Volcano Lavender".
Six weeks ago I would never have been able to see a sky like this one:
Volcanic Twilight
Instead of a view similar to this:
I cut out the bottom of the photo because I didn't want to ruin the whole photo.
Once again I was in a position where I was looking at something and the difference in my eyes was highlighted dramatically.
We left Thornton's last night just after sunset. While standing outside waiting for the taxi, I looked up and checked out the sky. I am always checking out the sky. In fact, sitting here at my desk I have a view of the sky and am always looking out the window to see what I can see - clouds, birds, blue sky, gray sky, the moon, etc. I developed this habit as a child - What's up there? Look up!
The sky was beautiful. Puffy pink clouds to the northwest, a beautiful lavendarish color filled the clear parts of the sky. I commented that I thought that was the "volcanic lavender" that I've recently read about on spaceweather.com. I'm not sure any one else saw it or even cared about it, but to me it was a natural phenomenon that intrigues me. It's not every day the sky is lavender, after all!
The taxi arrived, Mel, Alys and I got in and took off for home. We dropped Alys off first and then headed down the street to the west. I was sitting in the back seat, Mel in the front. I looked out his window at the sky, trying to see the lavender color, but also looking for a hint of noctilucent clouds (none). I was disappointed. I knew that his window was open, but apparently there was a plastic shield over the window distorting the color...like a wind screen directing the wind away from the back seat. I moved to see if I could see around the 'shield' and that's when I realized that what was happening.
The door jamb was splitting my view out Mel's window. I was looking with both eyes, yes, but my left eye was seeing more and since I was concentrating of seeing OUT the window my brain was adjusting and blocking the fact that my left eye was seeing mostly the door jamb. (Who knew the brain does this? Not me!) When I leaned forward, suddenly I was seeing the view out the window cut in half. The left half was that ugly color, the right half was beautiful lavender. Totally split in half. I don't know exactly how it works, all I know is that I was seeing a split screen.
And I was astounded. I sat forward and backward in the seat two or three times, comparing the colors of the sky, slightly irritated when we came to a section of the street with lots of trees that blocked the view of the sky. :) I was doing a scientific experiment here - how dare those trees get in the way! ha ha
We got out of the taxi in front of our podyezd. I stood looking at the darkening sky with my left eye closed. Darker lavender. I just kept that eye closed for several seconds, breathing in the beauty.
Thank you, Father in heaven, for giving me this new sight! It's not perfect, it's still fuzzy in the center of everything, but I can see TRUE colors now with that eye. A little taste of heaven!
For more information on Volcanic Lavender, read Volcanic Sunsets Sarychev Peak 2009. Isn't this a beautiful photo? The sky was a bit like the lavender part of this photo - the yellow and orange was already gone when we went outside:
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