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Admiral, I'm often in awe. I'm glad we're not any closer to it too. Nothing like star forming regions and bullets of hot gas 10 times larger than our entire solar system.
I have often wondered about the limits of the outter and inner universe. Neither, I believe have an end. My best friend who is now gone, at the unripe age of 45, use to say where the big meets the small there we will find the answer to it all. But where is that space---just perhaps in our dreams. Great image kid. I've always been in awe of the universe and once took a course which I thought would enlighten me---it turned out to be taught by an airforce captain and I came away knowing about celestical navigation, ha! Before the day of GPS.
Hey Ron, yes, such a pure image. We're getting Something for our money :) I go with Carl Sagan's idea that the universe extends infinitely in both directions. Solar system as atoms, atoms as solar systems or similar to some life form. Celestial navigation is something I've always been very impressed with. Those sailors of long ago determining their position on the Earth from looking at the stars on rolling ships.
Sorry to hear about your friend, that's way too soon.
So much to see in that amazing picture.
ReplyDeleteAdmiral, I'm often in awe. I'm glad we're not any closer to it too. Nothing like star forming regions and bullets of hot gas 10 times larger than our entire solar system.
DeleteI have often wondered about the limits of the outter and inner universe. Neither, I believe have an end. My best friend who is now gone, at the unripe age of 45, use to say where the big meets the small there we will find the answer to it all. But where is that space---just perhaps in our dreams. Great image kid. I've always been in awe of the universe and once took a course which I thought would enlighten me---it turned out to be taught by an airforce captain and I came away knowing about celestical navigation, ha! Before the day of GPS.
ReplyDeleteHey Ron, yes, such a pure image. We're getting Something for our money :)
DeleteI go with Carl Sagan's idea that the universe extends infinitely in both directions. Solar system as atoms, atoms as solar systems or similar to some life form.
Celestial navigation is something I've always been very impressed with. Those sailors of long ago determining their position on the Earth from looking at the stars on rolling ships.
Sorry to hear about your friend, that's way too soon.