Earth is located within a miniscule solar system on an outer "arm" (leg? swirl?) of the Milky Way Galaxy. Here is a picture of our Galaxy, with our Sun's relative position marked. Fibonnaci, anyone?
Our galaxy is an awe-inspiring and incredibly beautiful thing to behold in, relatively speaking, "close up" photography. Take a look at the photos published on November 12, 2009 at The Daily Mail Online.
I like to see images like these given broad publication because they serve as an important reminder of how ridiculous is our human self-importance (i.e., WE ARE THE CENTER OF ALL THINGS - barf!) when faced with the location of our Sun just within the framework of one midling galaxy. And then, of course, there is the entire Universe, composed of billions of galaxies...
Friday, November 13, 2009
Beautiful Images of the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy
Earth is located within a miniscule solar system on an outer "arm" (leg? swirl?) of the Milky Way Galaxy. Here is a picture of our Galaxy, with our Sun's relative position marked. Fibonnaci, anyone?
Our galaxy is an awe-inspiring and incredibly beautiful thing to behold in, relatively speaking, "close up" photography. Take a look at the photos published on November 12, 2009 at The Daily Mail Online.
I like to see images like these given broad publication because they serve as an important reminder of how ridiculous is our human self-importance (i.e., WE ARE THE CENTER OF ALL THINGS - barf!) when faced with the location of our Sun just within the framework of one midling galaxy. And then, of course, there is the entire Universe, composed of billions of galaxies...
Thanks for this. It also presents a question I've asked before: How appropriate is it to call our spirituality "Earth-centered"?
ReplyDeletePerhaps not appropriate at all. I'm sure there are many words and phrases to describe things better, both the inner explorations for meaning and understanding and the outer explorations for meaning and understanding of who we are and what our purpose is.
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