When I was 6 years old or so, I thought that if more people saw the beauty of the night sky, the source of an awe in me that I still feel is the source of both spiritual AND scientific investigation, that there would be much less conflict and more harmony on this planet. And this was way before that phenomenal picture of Earth-rise from Apollo 8. I sometimes think that I am naive to continue that opinion, that we humans are too distractible to keep this raised conciousness in mind in our day-to=day activities. Maybe, though, thru our astronomy efforts, we can remind ourselves and those we touch of that higher “ground” ! Thanks for sharing that beautiful picture of Saturn! To reply in-kind: see my pic of a diffracted crescent Venus in a Celtic Cross pattern at my blogspot site. (My picture on celestronlife doesn’t do it justice).
Keep up the good work you do !
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When I was 6 years old or so, I thought that if more people saw the beauty of the night sky, the source of an awe in me that I still feel is the source of both spiritual AND scientific investigation, that there would be much less conflict and more harmony on this planet. And this was way before that phenomenal picture of Earth-rise from Apollo 8. I sometimes think that I am naive to continue that opinion, that we humans are too distractible to keep this raised conciousness in mind in our day-to=day activities. Maybe, though, thru our astronomy efforts, we can remind ourselves and those we touch of that higher “ground” ! Thanks for sharing that beautiful picture of Saturn! To reply in-kind: see my pic of a diffracted crescent Venus in a Celtic Cross pattern at my blogspot site. (My picture on celestronlife doesn’t do it justice).
Keep up the good work you do !