| For many generations various human cultures | | | | Universe however might be a random thought |
| have had great knowledge about the star | | | | that only appears once in a month or even a |
| constellations. However, these days most of the | | | | year. The stars seem so disconnected to our |
| so-called modernized breed of human | | | | everyday reality, but the fact is that we are part |
| couldn’t tell you much about what’s | | | | of a much bigger picture-the biggest picture of all, |
| around us in the infinite Universe. The funny thing | | | | infinite space. Maybe if we did focus a bit more |
| is, technically we now know more about | | | | ‘outside the box’ of our familiar |
| what’s there than ever before, | | | | routines we could grasp onto the magic and |
| we’ve even got photos. With the Hubble | | | | perfection that surrounds us all the time, the real |
| Telescope we now have access to the most | | | | neighborhood that we belong to. |
| unbelievable pictures imaginable: galaxies, nebulae | | | | These are a few more sites I discovered that |
| and millions of stars close up. You don’t | | | | give us more insight or ‘outsight’ |
| need to buy a book or DVD to see this stuff, | | | | into what is going on around us. Again I find the |
| just sit down at your computer and let the | | | | Internet has become a medium for discovering |
| Internet take you on a galactic journey. | | | | knowledge about life. Without leaving the office or |
| A lot of the images can be accessed for free | | | | my house I can travel to the most beautiful |
| just by finding the right sites. At [ you can watch | | | | places-real places, we’re not talking Star |
| a stream of beautiful visuals that are literally out | | | | Trek here people! I’ve seen many magical |
| of this world. The beauty of the photos, the fact | | | | things in my life thus far: snow –capped |
| that they are moving, and the musical | | | | mountains, rainbows over waterfalls, sunsets on |
| accompaniment makes the whole trip quite | | | | tropical beaches. I’ve seen art, heard |
| ethereal. The other great aspect is the | | | | music, watched films; I’ve lived a very |
| information the scientists have uncovered, | | | | fortunate life indeed. But, to see these pictures |
| mind-blowing ideas like the fact that some stars | | | | and to learn about the incredible worlds outside |
| are 60 times brighter than our own sun, or the | | | | our own…on a computer at home…it |
| idea that there are thousands of stars in one tiny | | | | has taken me to a new level of understanding, a |
| spot in the sky. The concept that galaxies are 150 | | | | new level of reverence for what it is we are part |
| million light years away-do you know how fast | | | | of. The only way to describe these galaxies, |
| light travels? | | | | stars, and giant gas clouds close up is to softly |
| For the average human who spends their | | | | and humbly speak the word ‘magic’. |
| existence in one place working hard everyday to | | | | You will never see real paintings like this, beauty |
| make ends meet, life can become somewhat | | | | that stretches for millions of miles. |
| monotonous and insulated. You forget that | | | | My computer screen has become a looking glass |
| there’s a whole world out there. The | | | | portal. |