Pretty trees all lit up - and a possum for good measure

@JudyEv (382412)
Rockingham, Australia
July 24, 2023 4:17am CST
The image is a collage of photos that Vince took at the LightScape that we went to in King’s Park, Perth, recently. I didn’t take my camera but Vince has kindly said I can use any that he took – as I knew he would. These are all a bit similar in a way – just trees lit up but in future discussions, I’ll show some slightly different lighting patterns. Lower left is a bottle tree, slightly different to a boab, and lower right is a possum who strutted his stuff and must have had his photo taken a thousand or so times. We enjoyed our night. We had rugged up so we weren’t cold and it was a very pleasant night.
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@DaddyEvil (174657)
• United States
24 Jul 23
Let me guess... you and Vince took the possum as your guest, right? The trees are beautiful.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
I'm glad you like the trees. My mum had a pet possum as a girl but it would come alive in the evenings then keep everyone awake all night.
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@DaddyEvil (174657)
• United States
24 Jul 23
@JudyEv One of my sisters kept a pet skunk for years... after they had the scent glands removed. She said she and her family would be asleep and it would start running around in their house and wake them all up.
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@Beestring (15372)
• Hong Kong
24 Jul 23
That's beautiful. So all the trees there were lit up?
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
They weren't all lit up but a great number were.
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@AmbiePam (121062)
• United States
24 Jul 23
Australian possums are so much cuter than American opossums, that’s for sure. The pictures are lovely!
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@AmbiePam (121062)
• United States
26 Jul 23
@JudyEv Oh, girl. Opossums are ugly, and that is being kind.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 23
I don't like the look of opossums much. I'm glad you like the photos.
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@snowy22315 (209121)
• United States
24 Jul 23
That is pretty. It reminds me of a light show at a garden center in Richmond we went to the year before last. It was super amazing, and worth the money even though it was expensive.
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@snowy22315 (209121)
• United States
26 Jul 23
@JudyEv The one I went to is an annual Christmas show of lights and it really is amazing. It was worth the money even though we did pay a lot for it.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 23
This must have cost half a fortune to set up and it was certainly worth the money.
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@rebelann (117268)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Jul 23
Wow, that's awesome. Did you find out how they got all those different colors to light up in the photo on the top right? Something like that would be fun to do here except I don't know if my trees could be lit up like that.
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@rebelann (117268)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Jul 23
But they made all that money back I suppose.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
I guess they used cranes or something. It must have cost half a fortune to set up.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 23
@rebelann I think they would have done all right out of it.
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@wolfgirl569 (135959)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Jul 23
It does look pretty. Except the possum
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@wolfgirl569 (135959)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Jul 23
@JudyEv It does look better
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
It's quite different from an opossum. I think you might like ours better.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
25 Jul 23
This possum is awake - probably it is night time
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 23
It was night. We saw it as we were walking round the Lightscape walkway.
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
24 Jul 23
Now fancy that a possum..lovely lights Judy.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
The possum was very popular. Quite possibly it would be the first live one that many had seen.
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@FourWalls (86829)
• United States
24 Jul 23
The blue light almost looks like lightning bolts going through the tree! Mister possum is a star!! Soon he’ll have his own Facebook page.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
Lightning was my first reaction too. It must have taken a lot of work to get the lights so high into the trees. Of course, Mister possum had no trouble at all getting up his tree! lol
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@Juliaacv (56367)
• Canada
24 Jul 23
They look so pretty. I don't like possums, I think that they are very ugly looking-even in a lit tree.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
Our possums are very different - and much better-looking if I may say so - than the American opossums.
@Juliaacv (56367)
• Canada
24 Jul 23
@JudyEv It does look different. Ours are so ugly that they practically have 'road kill' written all over their faces.
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@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
24 Jul 23
Those trees look so pretty. I am sure the possum was wondering what was going on.
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@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
24 Jul 23
@JudyEv A little happy guy.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
He didn't seem to take any notice of the people. He just kept munching away on his leaves.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Jul 23
I love the collage. I'm glad you had a pleasant night.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Jul 23
@JudyEv You're welcome.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
We did enjoy the night, thanks.
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@LindaOHio (222726)
• United States
24 Jul 23
Lovely photos and I love the possum of course. Enjoy your day.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
The possum wasn't a bit fazed by all the attention.
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