No moon in Southern Australia gives a great view of the Milky Way.
dedicated to you, my aussie family, so far away. and sharing the same sky.
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photo credit: the intelligent optimist
Mar22
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Beautiful picture and quote.
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thank you, i love to find pieces and put them together in a new way )
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I’ve seen this quote many times but it’s always good to get a reminder. I told my five year old son about it a while ago and he just sat staring at his hand with a perplexed look on his face then pointed out that he wasn’t on fire (he knows stars are all distant suns). Think we’ve got an analytic (hopefully not too cynical) mind going on there 😛
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thanks, john, i’ve always loved it. cool about your son and i think that children are literal as they try to make sense of the world and then they combine it with a bit of wonder and questioning at a different level as they grow )
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What an amazing picture, Beth… I would love a view of the sky like that!
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it is, and me too, tom )
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and of course I’m part of that family 😉 x Lovely pic Beth.
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oh, but of course, jen )
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Phew good lol 🙂
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What a lovely way to begin my day! We are stardust…I like it!
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happy to give you a sparkly start to your day )
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I’m so happy that you find me striking photos and significant quotes that would never enter my life otherwise, Beth. I hope you get to talk to your Aussie family soon. I sense this post makes you miss them a bit more today.
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it’s my pleasure to find them and put them together and share them. yes, you know me well, mark.
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And that makes my life richer, Beth.
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awww….
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very nice
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thank you )
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you are welcome.
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WOW 😀 😀 😀
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that’s beautiful.
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thank you )
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Awesome! Love the photo and the quote.
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thanks, so much judy –
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Wonderful…
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thanks, david )
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I’ve actually always kind of wondered about that. I mean, it seems to me that most of the atoms in our solar system would be from a star that was about where our solar system was before the current sun came into being. That is, stars are really far apart and even after a nova or supernova the atoms wouldn’t be moving that fast. Wouldn’t most of them be recycled from the hr-sun?
What I’m saying is, I did better in mathematics class than in English.
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thanks for that, and i’ll wrap my head around it with a bit of time, because i was better in english class than science.
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See, I went Crosby, Stills and Nash on that one…nice post.
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ah, cs&n, perfect )
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Songs just play in my head…happy to share. 😉
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That’s spectacular – clear skies.
Where I live – smog – the blue sky is always hazy.
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aw, sorry eric. i hope your sky becomes blue again one day )
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I stood there once. It was daylight, though. Lovely photo.
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ah, a bit different, i bet and thanks ) how are you feeling? i’m so impressed that you’ll be there soon –
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I’m exhausted and upbeat at the same time, if that makes sense.
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completely. almost there )
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Amazing photo and quote. I used to love when Carl Sagan repeated this quote. Sheer poetry.
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me too, he was one of my favorites. and thank you )
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I saw this post the other day but was rushing. I couldn’t get it out of my mind. Beautiful.
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i think it is beautiful and amazing )
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My dad was a theoretical physicist–and a pianist of note (oh god I always pun…whoopsie) anyway. I think knowledge belongs intrinsically together–like back in Socrates time–as there is art in science, and science in art. Math for sure, in art…:)
I love the star thing…
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i agree, they are all interconnected )
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Just gorgeous, both quote and the meaning of love spoken or shouted out to your Aussie kin!
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thanks, robin )
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Beautiful Mom, love it.
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happy you like it, aussie daughter. wwds? – (what would darwin say?)
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I have at least one atom of iron in my left hand that came from the same start as the potassium in my right hand, but since the iron is in my blood at the moment, it will eventually make its way to my left hand. Let’s see… second star to the right and straight on till morning… that’s where it was.
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now it’s straight )
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I have just now saw this and recently wrote about the same thing… So interesting how flow of thoughts work 🙂
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it is, isn’t it? i am endlessly fascinated by it )
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Completely… 🙂 Or is it “Great mind think alike?” hehe
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I love watching Lawrence Krauss’s debates and lectures. Brilliant.
Great post and truly awesome photo.
Thanks for sharing
Cheers,
Lance
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yes, he’s quite an interesting guy. and thanks, lance )
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