![]() The trees that obstruct the view of the total eclipse weren't there in 1925 so it's fair to turn off the landscape to see the solar corona during the total eclipse.There are many star gazing apps out there for both desktop machines and mobile devices. The International Space Station and other satellites can be spotted as they pass by. Other astronomical spectacles: Total Solar Eclipse at the Hammond: 9:13 AM, JanuLunar Eclipse: May 15 Transit of Mercury: and Transit of Venus: and. The zipped file HamStell.zip contains detailed instructions for loading the Hammond Landscape folder (HammondSummer.zip) into Stellarium. Unfortunately, the web version of Stellarium does not allow loading of custom landscapes so Stellarium must be downloaded into your computer and then the Hammond landscape installed into the copy of Stellarium you run on your own computer. One of the garden panoramas has been made into a landscape to use with Stellarium so the sky is displayed above the Hammond garden. One can also zoom in on objects in the sky for a closer view. The Stellarium program does a superb job of displaying the sky as one would see it in a planetarium. The garden is open once a year at night for Otsukimi / Moonviewing. The rocks, sand, water and plants create a microcosmic universe in which the whole is more than the sum of its parts. The Japanese garden invites contemplation: every design element is carefully planned to give structure to an idea. It incorporates sound - the crunching of pebbles underfoot, the wind through the bamboo: sight - the beauty of the arrangement of the garden as a whole touch - the singular sensation of pine branches brushing against your arm and smell - the gentle aroma of the katsura trees in early autumn. A Japanese landscape designer uses these types, as well as other devices such as composition and texture much as an artist uses different mediums and imagery to convey his message.įar from being rigid and abstract, a successful Japanese garden is a sensual experience. In Japan, the iconography is so well known that modern designers will often "quote" famous gardens of the past knowing that visitors will understand the reference.Īlthough the various garden types, the Hill and Pond, Dry Landscape, Stroll, Tea and Courtyard gardens, often overlap, within them certain restrictions apply. The concept that individual components of the garden symbolize different ideas is strictly an Eastern notion. Not only is the garden as a whole a microcosm of the world but each path, indeed each rock that makes up the path, is a metaphor for something else. Japanese gardening techniques take this idea much further. ![]() Even Voltaire exhorted his 18th-century audience, "Cultivate your own garden!" he was obviously not referring to a vegetable patch or perennial border, he was referring to gardens metaphorically. Westerners are accustomed to the concept that the Garden as a whole is a metaphor - the garden as Eden, for example. The "journey" through a Stroll Garden is meant to be a highly orchestrated voyage to a deeper understanding of nature. The design of a path directs one's progression through the garden: large stepping stones slow the walk, encouraging contemplation of the view, while row after row of smaller, more uniform stones create a feeling of excitement or anticipation for an approaching feature. Rather, paths are meant to lead from a view of the pond to a view of a distant landscape. A Stroll Garden does not reveal itself all at once.
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