Picture yourself walking barefoot on the shore at night as a wave recedes and the moon is reflected in the wet sand.
In that exact same way, in the image below, the full moon is reflecting on the Atlantic Ocean.
The sun is behind the earth in this image and it is lit by the light of the full moon, which means, you can see the moon itself reflecting on the ocean.
Do you see what I mean?
Isn't that amazing?
I shared this image from the Artemis II voyage last month but the fact that the ocean is reflecting the full moon wasn't confirmed until recently.
It's a little easier to see in video form. You can find a link to the video where this is revealed at the end of this letter.
Now.
Seeing something no one has ever seen before (the moon reflected in the Atlantic Ocean) is enough for one full moon update, but I wanted to share one more thing.
Last month we learned about Professor Yoshimura already owning The Present.
On May 14th, my partner Ssong and I visited him in Nagoya, Japan.
A student of his gave him The Present as a gift, many years ago.
He shared two reasons why he loves it:
ONE: When he needs to step back from the day-to-day he will glance at The Present and it helps him shift his head space to the long term.
TWO: Each cardinal point matches a different birthday of someone in his family.
He was also kind enough to give me the floor for a brief presentation to his class about why I make The Present.
We presented him with the version that will be displayed somewhere here in the common area of his Institute for Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM).
The Present in Public
Next week we're installing The Present at a childhood development center in Seoul, Korea.
Do you know of a public place where it belongs?
Hit reply and let me know.
NOTE: I won't be back in the Burlington workshop until mid June.
Thank you for reading and thank you to everyone who has continued to place orders while I am away. All new orders begin shipping on June 22nd.
In time,
Scott Thrift
thepresent.is
Also: "That's a Good Planet."
HERE IS THE LINK DIRECTLY TO SCIENCE EDUCATOR HANK GREEN'S LOVELY VIDEO ABOUT THE REFLECTION OF THE MOON IN THE OCEAN.
Enjoy.
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