# I saw the most awesome thing tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2002, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497 "2002-12-29T13:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/1 "2002-12-29T13:05:30Z")
So I’m on the freeway, off to visit my fob family (you know, usual holiday stuff). As is typical of the season, the skyscrapers downtown were donned in red and green lights. The skyline was colorful and festive compared to the usual white lights. But tonight was particularly stunning. It was just cloudy and foggy enough so that the lights reflected onto the sky. It appeared as though the clouds were green. All I saw was a huge emerald sky hovering over downtown Los Angeles. Twas quite a beautiful sight. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/2 "2002-12-29T14:00:09Z")
A few times I’ve seen Sydney Harbour before a storm. The sky was nearly black, but the sun was shining on the Opera House making it brilliant white. The city office towers’ steel and glass were also shining brilliantly - all against this incredible brooding sky. Really cool stuff. I also like Hong Kong on a really misty night when the lights on the mountains fade in and out way overhead like UFOs, and the neon signs look out of focus. That can be amazing. Cities are great. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/3 "2002-12-29T15:09:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MeanOldLady \* > \*\*All I saw was a huge emerald sky hovering over downtown Los Angeles. Twas quite a beautiful sight. > > 🙂 \*\* Until the poppies put you to sleep, right? Poppies, poppies… ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/4 "2002-12-29T22:48:28Z")
That’s beautiful. How many people are going to get a Tom T-Bone Stankus reference? ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/5 "2002-12-29T23:26:52Z")
Once when a storm was approaching in New Orleans, I stood in a windy courtyard entrance watching a green sky and listening to someone playing “Harlem Nocturne” on the sax. You brought back a good memory. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/6 "2002-12-30T03:42:57Z")
Downtown Los Angeles is beautiful when you’re headed in on the 101. And a green sky? I would believe it. Only in L.A. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/7 "2002-12-30T04:15:36Z")
Is nice on the 110 too. That’s where I was when I saw the green sky looming over downtown. A pleasant change from the usual brown. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CasperQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@CasperQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CasperQ)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/8 "2002-12-30T05:44:57Z")
About two years ago I was outside with family and a front rolled in. The sky was totally clear, it was just reaching dusk, and when the front rolled in (it took about 10 minutes) it looked like a red glowing blanket being pulled across the sky. VVC, actually… ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/9 "2002-12-30T06:41:02Z")
“Come to L.A., see the air!” ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/10 "2002-12-30T08:43:42Z")
Every now and then you come across a moment too beautiful to miss. I had one and was lucky enough to get a photo of it. (I started a thread about it way back when.) The photo is here: [http://fff.fathom.org/pages/jackelope/pics/wtc.jpg](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/jackelope/pics/wtc.jpg) It’s a pic of the World Trade Center, taken from the Empire State Building, January 1, 2000. The Emerald City is the only comparison I can think of to do the photo justice. (And by the way, I’m not much of a photographer; that pic just happened to come out amazingly well.) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/11 "2002-12-30T11:02:41Z")
It was a crisp, clear, and chilly June night. We were coming into the Bay. Everyone was yacking and laughing, when suddenly a profound and eerie silence fell over the whole deck. I turned to see what everyone was looking at, and there was San Fransisco glistening atop the hill, framed by a fog enshrouded Golden Gate Bridge. Breathtaking. Simply breathtaking. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/12 "2002-12-30T15:06:34Z")
Amazing photo, **jackelope.** Maybe you can back me up on this one… in Memphis, if you’re travelling north on 55 and you don’t take the 55N exit to St.Louis, so that you’re going north on Riverside Dr., the road crests and turns a bit, and all of a sudden you have a panoramic view of the Mississippi across Tom Lee Park, with the Pyramid in the distance. Takes my breath away every time. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/13 "2002-12-30T15:18:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KKBattousai \* > \*\*“Come to L.A., see the air!” \*\* “Come to L.A., see the air! Cut a slice of the air, & take it home as a souvenier! But, be sure to use a good knife, or it’ll break!” ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/14 "2002-12-30T19:52:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lainaf \* > \*\*Amazing photo, **jackelope.** Maybe you can back me up on this one… in Memphis, if you’re travelling north on 55 and you don’t take the 55N exit to St.Louis, so that you’re going north on Riverside Dr., the road crests and turns a bit, and all of a sudden you have a panoramic view of the Mississippi across Tom Lee Park, with the Pyramid in the distance. Takes my breath away every time. \*\* You bet. I make it a point to take out-of-towners on that drive. Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/15 "2002-12-30T23:31:15Z")
jackelope, that photograph is fantastic! Have others commented that the buildings look like headstones? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/16 "2002-12-30T23:52:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MeanOldLady \* > \*\*All I saw was a huge emerald sky hovering over downtown Los Angeles. Twas quite a beautiful sight. > > 🙂 \*\* I’m thinking Indepence Day here. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/17 "2002-12-30T23:56:13Z")
I’ve seen some stunning sunsets overlooking Glendale (suburb of L.A.). I’d be up in the ceramics dept.of Glendale College (near the 210 freeway and the Mountain Ave. offramp) and it’s a good view for just _gorgeous_ sunsets. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/18 "2002-12-30T23:59:39Z")
_Independence_ even. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/19 "2002-12-31T00:02:42Z")
Coming west on the 10 into downtown I have seen some of the most amazing sunsets in L.A. Usually some amazing red. I have a picture for [latimes.com](http://latimes.com) as my wallpaper of a blood red sky against the L.A. skyline…it’s amazing. I wish I could find it online. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/20 "2002-12-31T00:09:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gangster Octopus \* > \*\*Coming west on the 10 into downtown I have seen some of the most amazing sunsets in L.A. Usually some amazing red. I have a picture for [latimes.com](http://latimes.com) as my wallpaper of a blood red sky against the L.A. skyline…it’s amazing. I wish I could find it online. \*\* [Found it.](http://a1022.g.akamai.net/f/1022/8158/5m/www.latimes.com/media/photo/2002-11/5620157.jpg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497.md?page=2)