The sky at night is a beautiful thing. It's a pity that only 10% of the world's population get to see it without light-pollution, as nature intended. Hopefully through the aid of reblogs and maybe even my own pictures (eventually) I will be able to share with you why I think the natural sky at night is the one of the most amazing things in existence.
Enjoy!
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Beauty of the Universe
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diy:
Become an Astronomer
Astronomers investigate everything between Earth and the farthest reaches of the Universe. If instruments can collect it, Astronomers will analyze it. While professionals use expensive cutting-edge technology, this is still a field where amateurs with simple tools discover new things all the time.
A few sample challenges:
(by Royce Bair)
“When I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up—many people feel small, because they’re small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars.” - Neil DeGrasse Tyson [x]
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