The Stars, Like Dust
“The stars, like dust, encircle me
In living mists of light;
And all of space I seem to see
In one vast burst of sight”
― Isaac Asimov, “The Stars, Like Dust“
Stars in the night sky after sunset, before moonrise. This dark sky with myriad stars was my whole objective for visiting Mauna Kea. Handheld long single autoexposure braced against a car. Did not expect to get such a good photo.
Zoom way in and notice the faint stars in between the bright ones. Remember that the deep survey photos you’ve seen from Hubble have vast numbers of galaxies in each very tight field of view that includes only one or two stars, as faint as the faintest of these.
Do not feel small. You are part of the interconnected web of all existence.
“We are the Universe,
Becoming aware of itself”
—Carl Sagan
The Stars, Like Dust
“The stars, like dust, encircle me
In living mists of light;
And all of space I seem to see
In one vast burst of sight”
― Isaac Asimov, “The Stars, Like Dust“
Stars in the night sky after sunset, before moonrise. This dark sky with myriad stars was my whole objective for visiting Mauna Kea. Handheld long single autoexposure braced against a car. Did not expect to get such a good photo.
Zoom way in and notice the faint stars in between the bright ones. Remember that the deep survey photos you’ve seen from Hubble have vast numbers of galaxies in each very tight field of view that includes only one or two stars, as faint as the faintest of these.
Do not feel small. You are part of the interconnected web of all existence.
“We are the Universe,
Becoming aware of itself”
—Carl Sagan