2017 Total Solar Eclipse | from New York, Hayden Planetarium

The Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History is filled to capacity with crowds of any age gender and ethnicity gathered to watch one of the most spectacular events of nature: the 2017 Solar Eclipse. In New York only a partial solar eclipse is visible, with the Moon covering about 70% of the Sun; nevertheless being part of this event has almost a cathartic effect, especially in my personal situation which somehow is immersed in the total crisis. 
The eclipse timeline in New York:
1:23 pm: the eclipse begins when the Moon is tangent to the Sun circumference, at azimuth 192° and altitude 60.7°
2:44 pm: maximum eclipse with the Moon closest to the center of the Sun, at azimuth 226° and altitude of 53.0°
4:00 pm: the partial eclipse ends with the Moon is tangent to the Sun circumference at azimuth of 247° and altitude of 40.9°. 

camminando | Evening in New York, April 5

C'est moi at Le Meridien Parker Hotel

View of the iconic Sony Tower, formerly AT&T, Building designed by Philip Johnson

Manolo Valdés: Graphics at Marlborough Gallery

Peter Sacks at Marlborough Gallery

Sunset in Central Park

Total walk: 6 miles

camminando | Easter Moon in Las Vegas

The Moon is real!

My axis mundi coordinates have relocated to 36°10′30″N 115°08′11″W, which host the greatest playground in the planet in the Mojave Desert surrounded by the mountain, namely Las Vegas "The Meadows". One of the grandest urban extravaganza not only conceived but actually built —out of money generated by of the most potentially dangerous, yet legal, human addictions: gambling.
In Las Vegas nothing is authentic but everything is real. You can find cultures across the globe and spanning thousand years in Las Vegas Boulevard, better know as Las Vegas Strip, although is located not in the city of Las Vegas but in the municipality of Paradise. The time travel spans thousand years from the ancient Egypt and Rome, to the Italian Renaissance. Venice, Rome, Paris, New York are less than a mile apart.

I am chasing Easter moon in the Strip: our poor satellite although at its full glamour is yet overshadowed by the neon lights. Isn't there perhaps a space Moon theme hotel and casino nearby?

Las Vegas infrastructure and Stratosphere Tower

Ancient Rome at the Cesar Palace

Water plays at music score in front of the Bellagio

Several floors high chandeliers at the Cosmopolitan

 

Easter Moon chasing in Las Vegas Strip

Tracking the Full Flower Moon on May 25, from Waurn Ponds, Australia

Camminando | Bright Lights Big City

As the darkest day of the year approaches, artificial lighting in the urban environments compensate the seasonal darkness of nature.
I have to admit that it is a pure feast for the eyes of even somebody who does not indulge in shopping like myself.

Nature darkness: my walk started in a poorly lit Central Park

Windows at Bergdorf Goodman

Louis Vuitton geometric display

Media façade: video projections on Fifth Avenue

More traditional media façades

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

Nature lighting: almost full moon

Total walk length: 10.3km

Water Journey | Finding the Moon While Looking for the Sun

 And finally the sun rising from the mist was found in the other side of Landon Bay. The two suns could be admired in a kaleidoscopic dream, interrupted only by a trailer crashing only a few feet away! I am still thanking the Universe for my safety and being untouched by the scary accident.