A couple of days ago I was laying on a trampoline in North West London looking at up at the early evening sky. The sun was setting and the area of sky I could see was framed by the oval shape of the safety netting on the trampoline. I’d noticed recently that after a few moments of staring up into the sky, from the same position, I can often make out birds cruising around very high up that you’d never usually notice. The trampoline netting does a good job of blocking some unwanted light across your field of vision. The birds are difficult to spot at first but when you’re eyes adjust you can clearly make them out.
On this occasion I noticed a single bright spot which was unmoving. It looked like a star ... Read even more
