Space

I love going outside and looking at stars, planets, satellites and the occasional meteoroid.

i did so last night - its crazy to think that the same specs of light were looked upon by ancient peoples and were used to tell stories and prophecies as well as looked to as a tool for geographical directions and time of year

 

I especially love looking at the sky out in the country. Without the ambient light you can see soooo many stars. It's even better up north, I think it has something to do with the cold climate. I love it when you can see all the stars that are really far away and they're so faint they almost don't stick out as individual points, but look like a blanket of light taken as a whole.

 

exactly. i was a little ways away from city lights last night. not as far as my liking, but it was still better than in the city.

i have land in northern missouri where there really aren't any lights at all and it is just awesome out there. even camping a little ways from KC you can see the milky way if the moon isn't too bright

last night the moon wasn't out, so it was perfect for viewing

 

Way too much urban lighting around here to fully appreciate the night sky. I miss rural Maine...

 

i think it'd be really cool if there could be some way in getting cities to turn off all street lights for like one hour every night. besides the ability to view the night sky, it'd be really good on the city's electrical bill.

or maybe i should go into studying for some type of device that will turn street lights on only when a car is driving in its vicinity. and then turn off as the car passes.

there would be other issues that would have to be dealt with, but i think that the cost of installation of any device could be outweighed by the amount saved on electrical. not to mention there would be less dependency on coal or natural gas powerplants (all powerplants really, but these are used often for large city electricity)

 

i can really get myself lost in space when im staring at the sky... like just thinking about how we're just a little speck like flying through space... and it just goes on forever and ever... fucking crazy

 

I love leaving the city and going into the boonies and actually seeing stars.I get so amazed and end up staring forever.It's crazy how one star that we see is actually from years and years ago.

 

i love when i get the chance to get far away from the city and get to stargaze...its just so purdy

 

I love stargazing

 

i downloaded the stargazer app for my ipod so i know what constellations are what

i knew i had seen mars and venus last night, and i most definitely did. along with Aldebaran which will be almost the same color as Mars and just as bright tonight and tomorrow.

 

stargazing is one of my favorite things to do

 

MAINE fuck yeah thats where I'm from. I live near Bangor but way up in the county the sky is magnificent.

 

What's really a mindfuck is the fact that those specs in the sky are actually how they appeared millions of years ago due to the time it takes the light to travel to the Earth

 

That's a fact jack!

 

Went to college in Orono. Grew up in the western foothills where the unlit spaces are vast. Sky is beautiful... I've seen a few auroras there which is something I have not seen in Ct.

 

I love stargazing. I read "Hyperspace" by Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku. It will blow your fucking mind. Some chapters are a little boring/2 in depth. However most of it is awesome 2 read & think about.

 

i Michio Kaku! hes like a science prophet or something.

i saw my first meteor at the grand canyon, i almost broke my own neck trying to watch it, it came from in front of me, straight over my head. hence the soft spot in my heart for the Perseids (mid august) one of the easiest meteor showers to see.

 

could you imagine stepping out in space and seeing the earth below and the sun too suspended there.. Could you be more amazed if you was tripping then all the sudden everything started to fall.. If the sun, earth, moon and you all fall at the same time, would you actually be falling at all?

 

if you really think about it how would you even know if you were in space and everything was falling...or even if we were falling right now. if everything was falling at the same time/speed we couldnt tell with out any kind of outside reference that wasnt moving

 

the furthest stars would begin to move,,.. but where would we drop/fall to?
This is a quiet part of the galaxy, even our solar system itself is kinda quiet..