OT: The most beautiful thing you've ever seen??

[Renegade 13]

I'm in a philosophical mood tonight, so here's a question for you all. What is the most beautiful sight you have ever seen?? Something that will stay with you forever and ever, and continually fill you with awe no matter how much time has passed since you first saw it? Pick anything, a person, a place, any sight you've ever seen.

[Atrocities]

This is indeed a deep question and one that give way to multiple answers.

I would have to say seeing the majestic bueaty of the PNW on a nice summer evening back in 1982 as we sat relaxing on a trail after a hard day of riding dirt bikes. It was the first time I truly was taken back by the awsome raw beutty of nature.

My first GF was by far one of the most attractive women I have ever seen.

The smiles on my nephews faces when they brought them into see me as I was being released form the hospitol. That was very special.

SEIV for the first time.

[Will]

Hmm... well, there's this view of the Allegheny River close to where I used to live, and I was walking around the area on a summer afternoon just before I left for university. That stuck with me...

I was on a family vacation in San Diego when I was about... 12 or 13. We went down to the beach to kill some time before dinner reservations, and I saw the sun 'touch' the Pacific. Colors in the sky were indescribable.

There's a faculty couple that lives on campus, and they had a baby this past spring, Maya. The looks she gets on her face... wow.

Then there is the first time I saw Star Wars (original trilogy) and the first time I saw Lord of the Rings. I wouldn't exactly call those beautiful, but they certainly were awe-inpiring the first time, and there's still a little bit there each time I see them again.

[Aiken]

Orion Nebula, then I saw it for the first time through the telescope.

3 years ago I had a vacations on a Black Sea together with my girlfriend. Making love on the beach under the night sky is the most romantic and beautiful thing ever seen in this world (yeah, hollywood movies don't lie here )

Sometimes I have a special mood, then I can see beauty everywhere, even in a pile of garbage But it doesn't Last very long time.

[Atrocities]

Yes, Star Wars must be added to my list as well.

[Renegade 13]

Well, since I created this thread, maybe I should post what I think

1: I think the most beautiful thing I have seen to date is the Orion Nebula, the first time I saw a full sized glossy picture of it. It just took my breath away, and still does whenever I look at it. In fact, the pitch black sky, dotted with countless stars, with the bands of the Milky Way arching above me into the darkness...that has to be one of the more beautiful sights I've ever seen. I can't count the number of hours I have spent looking out the window of my room with the screen out in the middle of winter, just to look at the sky until I had to go to bed so I wouldn't sleep so much in school the next day! (Plus it gets kinda cold when you're all ready for bed, and hanging out a window into the -20 degree weather )

2: Standing on a high place, and simply looking out at the land around me....the snow capped mountains, the crystal clear air, the pine trees as far as the eye can see. Sights like that make me appreciate what a valuable thing life really is.

I'm only saying scenery type things, because with people, it is so hard to quantify beauty. Inner beauty, physical beauty...both are just so hard to quantify. However, there are many many beautiful people whom I have met; beautiful both physically and on the inside too.

[sachmo]

My children being born.

[AgentZero]

aiken said:

3 years ago I had a vacations on a Black Sea together with my girlfriend. Making love on the beach under the night sky is the most romantic and beautiful thing ever seen in this world (yeah, hollywood movies don't lie here )

Done that... What Hollywood doesn't tell you though is that doing it in the surf just doesn't work. Sand tends to get into... uncomfortable places and sorta ruins the mood.
As for my list:
1) My two year old niece, from the day she was born.
2) My current better half who will kill me if she finds out I put her 2nd.
3) An aurora borealis seen from 30,000 feet, out the cockpit window of a 747.

[Aiken]

AgentZero said:

Done that... What Hollywood doesn't tell you though is that doing it in the surf just doesn't work. Sand tends to get into... uncomfortable places and sorta ruins the mood.

Big beach bedding taken from hotel was very helpful that night

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I remember a scout camp we went on where we climbed to the top of a mountain. Getting up was hard, but once there...I remember seeing past vancouver island, far past, watching two little ferries moving accross the water...