Where are we? (part 3)
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kengrpart 1
part 2
Ok, you'll find a slight rise to camp on. Maybe 30 feet or so above the surrounding terrain, but very gentle slope.
Nothing to burn except grass, brush and dried dung. Not that there's a lot of the latter.
I shall assume that the group sets some sentries and watches. :-)
Some noises of animals moving about in the grasses are heard but nothing gets too close.
At some point in the night someone will notice two things.
That fan of light in the west had been narrowing since sunset. And getting dimmer rather fast at first.
The second thing that was noticed may be more disturbing. Someone had tried to mark time by noting where some stars were with respect to such landmarks (mostly distant hills and peaks) as could be seen in the dark.
Hours later the stars are in the same positions as near as anyone can tell.
Oh yeah, in the directions where you can see a "distant" horizon, the stars seem to thin out a lot as you get within a few degrees of the horizon. And the western horizon is as bad as the northern one.
added later with the clear skies it *does* get cold at night.
part 2
Ok, you'll find a slight rise to camp on. Maybe 30 feet or so above the surrounding terrain, but very gentle slope.
Nothing to burn except grass, brush and dried dung. Not that there's a lot of the latter.
I shall assume that the group sets some sentries and watches. :-)
Some noises of animals moving about in the grasses are heard but nothing gets too close.
At some point in the night someone will notice two things.
That fan of light in the west had been narrowing since sunset. And getting dimmer rather fast at first.
The second thing that was noticed may be more disturbing. Someone had tried to mark time by noting where some stars were with respect to such landmarks (mostly distant hills and peaks) as could be seen in the dark.
Hours later the stars are in the same positions as near as anyone can tell.
Oh yeah, in the directions where you can see a "distant" horizon, the stars seem to thin out a lot as you get within a few degrees of the horizon. And the western horizon is as bad as the northern one.
added later with the clear skies it *does* get cold at night.
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Date: 2005-06-03 05:20 am (UTC)