Tonight I took the girls out and showed them the Moon, Venus, and Saturn through the telescope. Abra was very excited. Thalia was too, but also a little tired. But Saturn was beautiful, a little white ball with tiny, perfect rings.
(No, not my picture of Saturn, this one
came from Cloudbait Observatory)
came from Cloudbait Observatory)
In this era when we see spectacular images daily from an array of space probes, space telescopes, and mammoth ground-based observatories, you'd think a little smudge of Saturn through a telescope sitting on your front steps would be nothing. But it's really wonderful to see it with your own eyes.
I love my job. The universe is a beautiful place.
3 comments:
really exciting. what goes around, comes around. it's wonderful that you have your girls to show it to as you saw it. m
You are the right one. YOU are fantastic.
Larry: Okay. That means that our whole solar system could be, like one tiny atom in the fingernail of some other giant being. (Jennings nods) This is too much! That means one tiny atom in my fingernail could be--
Jennings: Could be one little tiny universe.
Larry: Could I buy some pot from you?
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