Yayo, how can you feel sad about that...? The fact that we, seemingly insignificant lumps of meat, are surrounded by--and have the fantastic priviledge to witness--such incredible forces should make you feel honored. In every moment of our existance we move through boundless expenditures of energy--radiation, magnetics, electricity, gravity--with all the casualness of a fish in a stream, and most people go from cradle to grave without even giving it a moment's thought! Would you rather stare at your feet in shame at that thought? Or isn't it better to, being made aware of it, raise you eyes up to the sky and gasp in wonder...?

I know what MY answer to that question would be! ;-)

--TwoDragons

It's not like you did it deliberately, Alex! If I'd known you didn't know about Jeff's site, I would have sent it in for you a long time ago. I found it several months back. Ironically enough, my first thought was "This would be great for Neatorama"...and then I forgot to send it...

*smacks forehead* ;-)

Frankly, I think someone needs to have a stern talking-to with the thief that took his images and made their own page out of it, failing to give him credit for his work.

--TwoDragons

I just LOVE those pics! The idea that that auroral display is the end result of mind-bendingly powerful electromagnetic forces at work, or that that sunspot could swallow several Earths...leaves me feeling humble and infinitesmally small. Simply amazing.

--TwoDragons

That is either one very BRAVE, or one very STUPID dog! *LOL*

--TwoDragons

Kinda reminds me of my own yard on some mornings.

--TwoDragons

It's a Decepticon...!

--TwoDragons

Williams beat me to it! Looks like I'm not the only one to notice the all-too-similar theme.

Something tells me Jeff Russell is NOT pleased...

--TwoDragons

Wow. That is beautiful in a surreal, Hayao Miyazaki-esque sort of way. I wonder what the view from the top is like?

--TwoDragons

The ears give it away. And the tail is too long.

--TwoDragons.

I doubt it, Moon--the ISS will probably serve as a sort of way-station for trips. I can't see NASA just abandoning the Space Station after putting so much work into it, and I'm sure that this is exactly what they had in mind--to use the ISS as a stopping-and-refueling point for shuttles.

--Twodragons

Look, I'm not advocating child-labor or unsafe procedures, OK? I'd rather someone fix the chocolate industry, rather than ban it. Because if you ban it, you're not "fixing" anything. The poor kids will just end up being put to work doing something illegal and even MORE deadly.

--TwoDragons

*SNORT* @ Moon!

*DOUBLESNORT* @ thescottster!!

I am SO glad I wasn't currently drinking...

--TwoDragons

Moon, I sincerely doubt a person would neglect their surrogate eyes. I'm sure they're at LEAST as well-groomed as the seeing-eye dogs I've seen.

I do agree with you on the carriage-for-hire horses, though. I always felt so bad for the ones that pulled carts in Austin...

--TwoDragons

It never fails to amaze me what a solution of minerals in water, and a LOT of time, can do to a hole in the ground!

--TwoDragons

Yeah, Andrew--it gets "fixed" when the kids are forced to grow something more lucrative instead--like, oh, say, opium poppies or coca plants.

*rolls eyes*

--TwoDragons