sun and moon

"I have heard so many stories about the light of the Two Trees of Valinor, how twice a day the golden and silver light mingled in a single hue at noon and sunset... it happens too with the Sun and Moon but I wonder how pale of a reflection it is to that ancient light. Yet, I would not trade them for any tree in the world. Their pale light is what I have always known, and cherish."

Once a year, something unusual happens in the atmospheric layer of Ilmen, the airs where the Sun and Moon reside: both appear at the same time in the sky. I wonder what both Arien and Tilion think at a time like this.... that he can finally reach the sun maiden? That she barely runs away from him? I know it is a sacred day for the dwarves, but I also wonder... do they know it is two Maiar who guide them in the sky?

"Ilmen is part of the atmosphere that surrounds Arda. The lower layer of that region of airs where the stars are, but also where the Sun and the Moon chart their course.They traverse the lower regions of Ilmen, and, being closer to us than the stars in Menel, outshine them. Us physical beings cannot survive the airs of Ilmen unaided, or so I heard. I also heard that the Straight Road traverses Ilmen and that is how Ships go to Valinor... but my time has not yet come to embark on such a journey"