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

[bearclaw]

The first time I saw my daughter after she was born. I had always heard that the world looks different after you've had kids, and now I know what they mean. Once she was born I started watching for "What could hurt her".

The same thing happened again 3 years later when my son was born except this time I looked around and thought "What could he hurt himself on?"

Other things that will never be forgotten are:
Star Wars for the first time at age 4.
The Acropolis in Athens also at age 4.

Incidently, the first time I watched Star Wars with my daughter when she was old enough to watch a movie that wasn't a cartoon. I could see the wonder and amazement in her face that I can still remember myself having. She'll be 4 when EpIII comes out so we will see that together. Fitting that I saw the first one at age 4 and she'll get to see the Last one at age 4.

[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.

[Starhawk]

Most beautiful things I've ever seen.

The early morning myst on the Monday morning I got out of the hospital after my heart surgery, I was just so greatful to have my life back that that normally ugly day was just soo beautiful to me.
The sunrise the following day

Two girls actually make my list even though the one was just a friend and the most recent (and current) one is not quite on the most personal of terms with me for about a year now.

The first girl was physically the most beautiful I've ever seen in my life, she had a good heart to match it and was suprisingly sweet for someone with her looks. Unfortunately she had a boyfriend.

The second girl was starting to become a closer friend and I asked her out on a date, well she said yes and we were both excited and happy (happy was an understatement for me as I never thought I would have had a chance in hell) but two days later without us ever going on a date she had to say no because she is one of my kung fu instructors (though she is actually seven months younger then I) and since then we havn't really talked though I wish we could because she is great.
The reasons I find her "beautiful" have more to do with her personality then her looks (though she is VERY attractive), she is smart, funny, tough, calm-not a ditzy airhead like some other girls my age I've met- athletic-nother understatement- patient and understanding (she actually teaches the little kids a lot and I don't see how she can as the buggers drive me bonkers). And of course she is very sexy and lovely physically.

Well those are my three hehe like I said both of those girls will be with me forever in my heart as they were both friends (and hopefully the second girl and I can fix that ackwardness and start talking again) so I hope you don't think it's lame me listing two girls who weren't girlfriends lol.

But you'd be suprised how wonderful an ugly grey wet day will look when it's the first day of your new life.

[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.

[Col. Mustard]

1)The stars on a clear night. Looking into the past (in a sense), the unknown, what could be out there... Who could be out there?... my largest goal before I die, is to be in outerspace with the stars, looking into limitless fronteirs, and the future of man. I wish to se other planets, other moons, other horizons. I want to watch the 'moons' of jupiter rise, against the blue sky...
2)Mt. saint helens with the clouds just over the crator. Knowing the sheer power of the elements, the devastation a raging super-storm can inflict, the horror a tsunami can bring... The peace I get from a gentle breeze on a sunny afternoon, the gentle waters of the sea on a clear evening, with the sun gleaming over the water in a deep orange color...
3)The inoscents of a butterfly on a summer day, the delicate construction of creatures so fragile, they seem inferior. And at the same time... so vital to the balance of life...

[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.