Joseph P. Allen Professions : AstronautBorn : June 27, 1937 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Joseph P. Allen The sun truly "comes up like thunder," and it sets just as fast. Each sunrise and sunset lasts only a few seconds. But in that time you see at least eight different bands of color come and go, from a brilliant red to the brightest and deepest blue. And you see sixteen sunrises and sixteen sunsets every day you're in space. No sunrise or sunset is ever the same. Joseph P. Allen sunseteightblue You see layers as you look down. you see clouds towering up. You see their shadows on the sunlit plains, and you see a ship's wake in the Indian Ocean and brush fires in Africa and a lightning storm walking its way across Australia. You see the reds and the pinks of the Australian desert, and it's just like a stereoscopic view of all nature, except you're a hundred ninety miles up. Joseph P. Allen oceanfireclouds Similar Authors Buzz Aldrin astronaut Alfred Worden astronaut Alan Bean astronaut David Leestma astronaut Duane G. Carey astronaut Deke Slayton astronautAll Authors
