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There's something about seeing a dot in the sky turn into a real picture that just hits you somewhere very primal, I know exactly the feeling although it's hard
by svachalek 4y ago
There's something about seeing a dot in the sky turn into a real picture that just hits you somewhere very primal, I know exactly the feeling although it's hard to explain. It's exactly what you expected to see except blurrier, but it's still like a punch to the gut. Jupiter and its moons are similar, easily seen with a little magnification.
I find that if I sit with it a little bit, I can actually feel the reality of the situation, that I'm in fact looking at an object in front of me that's very very far away but bigger than my entire planet. If that perspective sinks in it really just blows your mind. Maybe similar (though surely lesser) to what astronauts feel when they see the earth as a sphere.