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I think "mind blown" is an accurate description when I first saw the Hubble Deep Field image: https://hubblesite.org/contents/articles/hubble-deep-fields https
by cbsks 6y ago
I think "mind blown" is an accurate description when I first saw the Hubble Deep Field image:
https://hubblesite.org/contents/articles/hubble-deep-fields https://hubblesite.org/contents/articles/hubble-deep-fields
I already knew that "the universe is incomprehensibly large", but seeing how many entire galaxies there were in a random dark patch of sky was eye opening to me.
- perk 6y agoDon't know exactly why, but thinking about the vastness of the universe always cheers me up. Thanks for sharing :)
- milkytron 6y agoAs a kid, it used to weird me out to the point where I would forget what I was doing, get the chills, and enter a sort of trance. It never impacted me negatively, but pondering the scale of everything and how little of an impact we have on the grand scheme of the universe gave me a weird sensation.
- take_a_breath 6y agoRelatedly, my dad always told me that thinking about the vastness of the universe "weirded him out." My hypothesis is that he has narcissistic tendencies so pondering the vastness of the universe only highlights his own insignificance. I've noticed similar reaction from people who visit a large city for the first time and get a sense of how small they are in the grand scheme.
- tfandango 6y agoReminds me of the Total Perspective Vortex from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which exposed an individual's insignificance in the universe.
- shaftway 6y agoIt makes me sad. Born too late to explore the world; born too early to live forever and explore the entire universe; born just in time to make dank memes.
- cameldrv 6y agoI've been getting into astronomy a bit and found this image to be awe inspiring: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Location_of_Earth_%283x3-English_Annot-smaller%29.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Location...