i seem to do this too often.
the universe, the earth, the stars, the sky, the planets, the galaxies…
what do you feel? what do you think?
what thoughts run through your mind?
Naturally.
In particular when I’m looking through my telescope at some object I’ve seen dozens of times, and notice a little more details.
Or when I get away from the dreaded suburban light pollution and see the night sky how it was meant to be seen… in the dark.
Some nights, I’ll do a lot of naked eye stargazing.
I will see a meteor, and think about how that bright, breif streak of light is 100km away, and just a pebble. Then look at the Moon, a mere 384,000km away. The Mars, farther away, yet still in our "astronomical" back yard. Then some star like Deneb, thousands of light years away. And, if the sky is dark enough, M31, the Andromeda Galaxy… over 2 million light years away!
I just get flabberghasted that all these things, at such various distances, can all be seen with just my eyes.
The univere is huge. I’m not overwhelmed, because no matter how much I love astronomy and look at the night sky, my life is here, on Earth. Everyone I have ever known lives here. Every place I have ever been, is right here. And with the exception of a few handfulls of people who have actually been to space, that is true for everyone on this planet.
The universe is grand, but this is still our home.
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