Once had a motorist furiously shout, wave and honk his horn at me because he hadn't checked his mirrors to see that his generous offer involved me cycling directly under the wheels of a bus. I live in London. It was a bright red double-decker. He hadn't seen it.
I'd probably rank the international date line above sand traps, because (I think) more people have seen a sand trap in person and there's an interesting naval tradition associated with crossing it traveling west.
"Convoy Lead, this is Echo Three. Visual on Tango Ice at grid two-four-niner by one-seven-five. Heading east on Maple Avenue. Initiating pursuit. How copy, over?"
Maybe not chasing, but meteor showers are actually a really big deal to ham operators. They cause certain bands to open up allowing us to talk all over the world!
I thought "total solar eclipse" would be on the chart. It appears not to be.
Grand Canyon is actually fucking sweet from an airplane. I guess you don't have to chase it with radios etc but I flew from Denver to San Diego one time and it was amazing from my window seat.
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