This photo, taken by NASA, gives me chills. It’s just thrilling. Take a look. Wow.
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It’s magical. Our twinkling little world.
This photo, taken by NASA, gives me chills. It’s just thrilling. Take a look. Wow.
(Click on it to enlarge any area.)
It’s magical. Our twinkling little world.
Wow! Sometimes in late Fall, Witnessette and I will grab a sleeping bag and steal away to a nearby farm field late at night. We lay on our backs and get lost soak up the stars, counting meteors. This image is like the sky looking back.
Isn’t it awe-inspiring?
Yes. It reminds me of how small I am–helps me not take myself too seriously.
That is just beautiful. And it interests my geographer’s-mind – that the high concentrations of lights on many continents are along the shore, or in other areas where water or trade routes are abundant.
And it also makes me feel less alone in a way – I can imagine where my little “pinprick” of light is, and see all those other lights surrounding it.
And the tiny glowing beads all by themselves — you know, up by the Pole the. It makes me — I don’t know — happy, melancholy, all at once. Together. Alone. Beautiful. The human condition in lights.
WOW, that was fascinating. The Hawaiian islands were so cute, each with their little lights. It was also surprising how dark Africa and the former Soviet Union are. As well as most of Australia.
Dallas is shining brightly though.
I wish I could see that looking UP as well as DOWN. It’s hard to really get away here on the East Coast where the light doesn’t drown out everything going on in the sky. But this is really pretty.
It is hard to get the full effect of the stars while in NJ. But, an hour or so of driving into a more remote part of PA (Poconos) or upstate NY (Catskills) should allow one to see the stars in their majesty.