OT: The most beautiful thing you've ever seen??

[Aiken]

Orion Nebula, then I saw it for the first time through the telescope.

3 years ago I had a vacations on a Black Sea together with my girlfriend. Making love on the beach under the night sky is the most romantic and beautiful thing ever seen in this world (yeah, hollywood movies don't lie here )

Sometimes I have a special mood, then I can see beauty everywhere, even in a pile of garbage But it doesn't Last very long time.

[Atrocities]

Yes, Star Wars must be added to my list as well.

[Renegade 13]

Well, since I created this thread, maybe I should post what I think

1: I think the most beautiful thing I have seen to date is the Orion Nebula, the first time I saw a full sized glossy picture of it. It just took my breath away, and still does whenever I look at it. In fact, the pitch black sky, dotted with countless stars, with the bands of the Milky Way arching above me into the darkness...that has to be one of the more beautiful sights I've ever seen. I can't count the number of hours I have spent looking out the window of my room with the screen out in the middle of winter, just to look at the sky until I had to go to bed so I wouldn't sleep so much in school the next day! (Plus it gets kinda cold when you're all ready for bed, and hanging out a window into the -20 degree weather )

2: Standing on a high place, and simply looking out at the land around me....the snow capped mountains, the crystal clear air, the pine trees as far as the eye can see. Sights like that make me appreciate what a valuable thing life really is.

I'm only saying scenery type things, because with people, it is so hard to quantify beauty. Inner beauty, physical beauty...both are just so hard to quantify. However, there are many many beautiful people whom I have met; beautiful both physically and on the inside too.

[sachmo]

My children being born.

[AgentZero]

aiken said:

3 years ago I had a vacations on a Black Sea together with my girlfriend. Making love on the beach under the night sky is the most romantic and beautiful thing ever seen in this world (yeah, hollywood movies don't lie here )

Done that... What Hollywood doesn't tell you though is that doing it in the surf just doesn't work. Sand tends to get into... uncomfortable places and sorta ruins the mood.
As for my list:
1) My two year old niece, from the day she was born.
2) My current better half who will kill me if she finds out I put her 2nd.
3) An aurora borealis seen from 30,000 feet, out the cockpit window of a 747.

[Aiken]

AgentZero said:

Done that... What Hollywood doesn't tell you though is that doing it in the surf just doesn't work. Sand tends to get into... uncomfortable places and sorta ruins the mood.

Big beach bedding taken from hotel was very helpful that night

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I remember a scout camp we went on where we climbed to the top of a mountain. Getting up was hard, but once there...I remember seeing past vancouver island, far past, watching two little ferries moving accross the water...

[Emperor Fritsch the Dense]

Easiest question in my life. My baby in the arms of my wife while they are both sleeping. i posted before i wrote the first two sentences....you can tell who are parents lol.
Emperor Fritsch the Parental One

[Mephisto]

AgentZero said:
1) My two year old niece, from the day she was born.
2) My current better half who will kill me if she finds out I put her 2nd.

Nah, don't think so. More to the contrary I guess. Hey, she's a women!

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

...Attack Ships on fire off the Shoulder of Orion...ah, o.k. I'll settle for something more earthly. Mahajual Mexico. Just sitting on the beach in my own private Corona commercial watching two topless female crew members off the cruise ship making out. Or.. a foggy night at the Tower of London.