I was pondering what a tiny part of the universe we are on my ride this morning into Boulder from Keystone. The first hour of my drive was extraordinary as the sun came up over the Rocky Mountains and I cruised down I-70 at a high rate of speed in the bat mobile.
I had another reminder of this as I cruised through my Daily folder. The Astronomy Picture of the Day has been delighting me every day since I started looking at it a few weeks ago. Today’s is a movie of Japan’s Kaguya spacecraft’s last moments.
Kaguya crashed into the Moon last week as planned. Amazing. We are small.
given your recent interest in apod, you might be interested in the lightcone rss feed.
essentially, if a cone of light starting spreading outward from the earth on your date of birth, it delivers a real time feed of what your cone is encountering on its travels.
http://interconnected.org/home/more/lightcone/
it'll help make you feel small if nothing else.
Comment by Bruce — June 29, 2009 @ 2:22 pm
Wow!
Comment by Brad Feld — June 29, 2009 @ 2:26 pm
Batmobile? I thought you took the bullet train this morning…
Comment by Luca — June 29, 2009 @ 3:39 pm
I tend to get the two confused.
Comment by Brad Feld — June 29, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
That's awesome. Looks like it doesn't work for people over 50 though
Comment by charlieok — June 29, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
did you see the little person waving at the spacecraft as it went by?
Comment by Herb Morreale — July 1, 2009 @ 4:54 pm