Saturday, January 3, 2009

A New Journey on a Beaten Path

What I like about science is that it has explained many natural phenomena and, in my opinion, has made the cosmos even more magnificent. There are lots of stuff we don't know, but instead of just making things up--or, reciting the superstitions & ignorance of the past--science provides us with a tool to a greater understanding. This may not be what some people want to hear, but I find the miracle (not in any supernatural term) of human life amazing. We've become the conscience of the universe, in a tiny planet, smaller than the small speck of sand in a cosmic beach.

Here's a video made of 7,000 pictures that shows our spaceship Earth moving in along on a beaten path around our sun. Try to find an unpolluted sky at night and look up. Do that as often as you can. I now live north of NYC, where the light pollution isn't so prevalent, so the night sky is stunning!



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