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Related: About this forumJust for the pure mind-boggling astounding awesomeness of the universe in which we live.
On Edit: Each dot of light represents a galaxy containing billions of stars.
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Just for the pure mind-boggling astounding awesomeness of the universe in which we live. (Original Post)
Richard D
Aug 2012
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re: Just for the pure mind-boggling astounding awesomeness of the universe in which we live.
allan01
Aug 2012
#4
niyad
(113,510 posts)1. thank you
Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)2. I'll probably have nightmares now!
A few nights ago I had a dream I was lost in outer space and couldn't find my way back to Earth. After looking at this video my next rerun of that particular nightmare can be even MORE vivid!
renate
(13,776 posts)3. THANK YOU!!!
I've been wishing for a movie like that my entire life! Thank you thank you thank you!
allan01
(1,950 posts)4. re: Just for the pure mind-boggling astounding awesomeness of the universe in which we live.
"space . the final frontier. where no duer has gone before"
allan01
(1,950 posts)5. re:Just for the pure mind-boggling astounding awesomeness of the universe in which we live.
note : star trek and associated properties owned by paramount pictures /cbs not by me in any means .thanks for sharing the orignal vid
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)11. Awesome..
Lets go shall we???
longship
(40,416 posts)6. Say! Is that a piece of fairy cake? Yum!!
I was hungry.
gtar100
(4,192 posts)7. How incredible that mind exists that can even conceive of such a model.
We are most fortunate indeed.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)12. HOw incredible that that same sorta gray matter
can stand behind the likes of a Romney / Ryan ticket.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)8. wow
wowow
GTurck
(826 posts)9. And we dare...
to think we are the only ones in the Universe or that God is so small as to create all this and then worry about who we sleep with or love. Mind blowing. Thank you.
RandiFan1290
(6,239 posts)10. We are smaller than microbes on a spec of dust. nt
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)13. Think of yourself
as a Higgs Bozon particle - or less perhaps.