2008.05.22
Sometimes We Forget How Small We Are
Sometimes we think we’re such big, important creatures in the scheme of things. Perhaps in some sense we are, but we also forget our literal size in the vastness of the universe. There’s a scene at the beginning of the movie Contact that I love. It starts with a shot of Earth and moves back and away, slowly at first, passing the Moon, and the Planets, then the Oort Cloud… Eventually the camera takes us through the Milky Way, out of the galaxy and past many others. It’s rather humbling. I found an animated GIF to which I had a similar, though less dramatic, reaction. It’s a large file (1.2MB) so give it a chance to load.
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One Response to “Sometimes We Forget How Small We Are”
- DAVE ARMSTRONG says (June 29th, 2008 at 22:51:25 )
Hi, Doug….I do not visit your site often. This
evening, I just decided to chime in and check it out.
Hey, nice pic of the Hall and Armstrong families.
Thanks so much for that pictorial ’shout out’. By
the way, the younger Hall, daughter Bonnie, was
married on Sat. Ooooo, time is passing swiftly. The
older boy bought a home in San Lorenzo and took in
a ‘needy’ girlfriend.
We were saddened to learn of the passing of your
mom. Please accept our deepest sympathies.
We trust all is well in the manga field…now,
keep it clean.
Take care, Dave and Sue Armstrong
