{"id":7576,"date":"2016-12-14T15:06:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T20:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/?p=7576"},"modified":"2016-12-14T15:07:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T20:07:35","slug":"across-the-calm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/14\/across-the-calm\/","title":{"rendered":"Across the Calm"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/14\/across-the-calm\/2016-12-14-10-40-19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-12-14-10.40.19-e1481745801642.jpg?fit=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SAMSUNG-SM-G850A&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1481730019&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00059952038369305&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Water Tower\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-12-14-10.40.19-e1481745801642.jpg?fit=644%2C859&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7577\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-12-14-10.40.19-e1481745801642-225x300.jpg?resize=300%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ypsilanti's Water Tower\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-12-14-10.40.19-e1481745801642.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-12-14-10.40.19-e1481745801642.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-12-14-10.40.19-e1481745801642.jpg?resize=644%2C859&amp;ssl=1 644w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-12-14-10.40.19-e1481745801642.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-12-14-10.40.19-e1481745801642.jpg?w=1288&amp;ssl=1 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&#8220;Across the calm heavens the murk of flying atmosphere&#8211;I have always maintained that if you looked closely enough you could <em>see<\/em> the wind&#8211;the dim, hardly-made-out, fine debris fleeing high in the air;&#8211;these faintly hinted at intense movements rushing down through space&#8221; (195). 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