Lighting at Tapae Gate: Loy Krathong Festival, Chiang Mai

[ellen_datlow]

Mute it and just watch the visuals


Flying Lanterns
via Jonathan Carroll

Comments

link, please?

[themadblonde]

thanks!

Re: link, please?

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that--I must have deleted it when cutting and pasting...back now :-)

Thanks!

[themadblonde]

Wow, how absolutely lovely. Looks like a special effect out of Dr Who or something. Of course, the mid-westerner in me is thinking "Gee, I hope they're not experience drought conditions there, because the fire-risk has to be SERIOUS." ;-)

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

That would be the most beautiful thing I can imagine seeing in my life. Seriously.

[ericmarin.livejournal.com]

How cool!

Re: Thanks!

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Isn't it?

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

It's pretty damned amazing. I would love to have been there in person.

[ardentdelerium.livejournal.com]

its like bioluminescent jellyfish!

[kaiweilau.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

Re: Thanks!

[amagiclantern.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, it's actually the tail-end of monsoon.
They are gorgeous.

[khaybee.livejournal.com]

That is one of the things I loved about the years I spent living in Chiang Mai. Not just that they do that, but that they do it in the flight path of an international airport, just about 5 miles from the runway.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

That must be a bit scary for incoming flights ;-)

[clockwork-zero.livejournal.com]

OMG this is awesome!!
i want one! I do!
I found a site too that sells them:
http://www.flyingchineselanterns.com/index2.htm
which says they are biodegradable .... i bet they would be awesome if they were sent out over the lake here in Toronto.
wow.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

they'd look great over any big lake!

[clockwork-zero.livejournal.com]

The Husband and I are going to order some in the spring and either take them out to BC or have them ready for my niece's arrival next summer. She lives on a farm in northern BC. I'm trying to convince myself five would be enough - but I might get 20! We are trying out to be Best Uncle and Aunt ever. :D
this just might do the trick!