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Letter From the Desert: The Belt of Venus

Letter From the Desert: The Belt of Venus

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Chris Clarke
Apr 12, 2022
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There is a moment when the evening sky in the east stratifies into bands of different color. It is as if each section of the atmosphere has a different specific gravity and, as the day turns to its end, each decides to settle in place. Gone are the infinitesimal steps of blue to blue, the finely grained gradient beyond the resolution of the human eye. I…

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