Have you ever gazed up, into the night sky…
A Fish-Eyed Milky Way
“Stéphane Guisard presents this stunning time lapse look at the Milky Way as seen from the Paranal Observatory in Atacama desert, Chile.”
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And wondered about our galactic neighbors?
The Nearest Stars
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Or what we’ve done about going for a visit?
US Space Travel
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Very interesting, I often wonder if man will ever meet another being, in 10,000s years to come.
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Sadly, with the tech at our disposal right now, 10,000s of years is what it would take to get anywhere near one! 🙄
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True, by the time man is ready earth will be burnt out so they would need to find new planets.
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I’d like to believe so, but chances are we’ll have killed ourselves off through nuclear war or drowning in our own filth by then…
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Cool info.
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Thank you my friend! 😀
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That space travel diagram is depressing. Sometimes I think humans would just rather fight wars and kill each other off — or destroy the planet — rather than continue the wonderful journey into space that we began so long ago. I was so optimistic back then …
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I used to be optimistic too PT. Hell, growing up with so many great changes underway, I was about the most optimistic person you could find! Sometimes I feel like I was set up…
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Messing with my head again IzaakMak. Space scares the crap out of me 😉
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Well then Loon, I guess you wouldn’t want me to remind you that we’re crawling around on the surface of what is, in effect, a very large space ship, which is whizzing around the sun at frightening speeds, while the sun is whizzing around the Milky Way at frightening speeds, which is itself whizzing through the universe at frightening speeds… 😯
I’d better just keep all that to myself! 😆
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Imagine being rocked to sleep every night to the sight and sounds of outer space.
This was beautiful.
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Thank you my friend. My imagination leans in the very same direction! 😀
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What are those things in the video that look like buildings. I thought they were until the top section on some of them started rotating….
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Hi Michelle! What you see are the enclosures for the telescope array…
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Wonderful post Mac! I could spend hours here. And the answer is ‘yes!’ to all 3 of your questions.
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Thanks Alex. I knew you’d see it my way! 😀
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