quietAtheist » Space

Feel humble much?

Slugsie — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:00:39 +0000

There is nothing like a Space image to make me feel humble, and this one goes right up there with the Hubble deep field images with its ability to make me realise just how insignificant we truly are.

That there on the left is Earth. That there on the right is the Moon. Our nearest neighbour in space. Normally you see images with the Earth and the Moon seemingly almost on top of each other, close enough that you could almost reach out and touch the moon. Well, this really shows just how far away it is.

http://forgetomori.com/2009/science/a-pixel-from-earth-to-the-moon-the-infinite-and-beyond/

Our biggest creations wouldn’t even register as a pimple on a dot on that image.

The article linked above also gives an interesting perspective of what it felt like to orbit the moon alone from Mike Collins – the third astronaut aboard Apollo 11.

Dang it, looks like I’m converting

Slugsie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:15:45 +0000

Gods message to creation:

For those who don’t know, it’s a reference to the last book in Douglas Adams Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (book 5!)

All this, just for little old us?

Slugsie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:56:19 +0000

According to some religious doctrines, all this was created just for us.

Space, Stars, and Galaxies

(dial-up warning, 1.4MB image file)

Hardly seems likely now does it?