Perenially_behind t1_is22aby wrote on October 12, 2022 at 7:03 PM

I've had the same feeling many times.

One day I was driving over the Tacoma Narrows bridge. It was approaching golden hour and there was a bit of wind. Where the water was smooth it was gold but where it was choppy it was blue. There was large area of both colors but also some interpenetration. It was really lovely and it struck me that I'm seeing this wonderful sight just going about my business.

Or the time we were walking around Green Lake in Seattle. Everyone was watching some event except us. A bald eagle swooped down and grabbed a fish. It felt like our own private show.

hanafraud t1_is3r9zd wrote on October 13, 2022 at 2:05 AM

Wouldn’t that mean that you were also watching an event?

MarmotMossBay t1_is47z7p wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:30 AM

I watched the filmstrip of the Tacoma narrows bridge AKA Galloping Gertie so many times in jr high that it gives me a shiver to drive over it. Although I did this afternoon.

https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/tnbhistory/collapse.htm