So for the past week, there has been a bright light hovering above the horizon at night in the view from my complex pool. At first I thought it was a plane although that was not normal placement for aircraft off the coast, but then I realized a good 30 minutes later that it had not moved.
So, I got myself all excited thinking it was a planet.
Well, my coworker has the StarWalk app on his iPhone and I have been bugging him to use it and finally tonight he came over and we walked down to the water to verify my claim. He looks and says oh so gently, "Quiana, that's a boat. See the outline of the ship and it has a green light on one end and a yellow light on the other end." Well, I did have to admit that it did appear that way, but I was not ready to concede that it was the actual case.
So, we pull up StarWalk and my assertion of it being a planet was quickly disproved.
SN: I know what I saw and the light tonight was not the same light I have been seeing all this time!
Anyhow, so I am saying that it is this really bright star that is showing on StarWalk. Well, this boat decides to come from the left and pass behind the boat that Gopal says is my star. The "star" which should have been blocked by the passing boat never gets blocked. Meaning that the light is closer to me than the passing ship. Meaning I thought tonight that the butt light of a boat was a star. Gopal got a big kick out of me proving myself wrong. Then he proceeded to dump his sorrel drink all over me staining my clothes and my skin. Damn, I should have taken a picture of that.
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