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on: June 7, 2020 at 6:23 pm

Today we share an article by John Sadowsky – Rolling Shutter On a Planetary Scale.  It’s a different kind of article about some amazing photography of Mars.  Check it out HERE.

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Re: New Article – Rolling Shutter on a Planetary Scale

Reply #1 on: June 10, 2020 at 1:12 am

Sent that around to some of my astronomy peeps. I’m reminded of the words of astronaut Russell Schweickart (from ‘No Frames, No Boundariesv) :

 

“And a little later on, your friend goes out to the moon. And now he looks back and he sees the Earth not as something big, where he can see the beautiful details, but now he sees the Earth as a small thing out there. And the contrast between that bright blue and white Christmas tree ornament and the black sky, that infinite universe, really comes through, and the size of it, the significance of it. It is so small and so fragile and such a precious little spot in the universe that you can block it out with your thumb. And you realize that on that small spot, that little blue and white thing, is everything that means anything to you – all love, tears, joy, games, all of it on that little spot out there that you can cover with your thumb. And you realize from that perspective that you’ve changed, that there’s something new there, that the relationship is no longer what it was.”

Mike.

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Victoria, BC
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