Weekly Photo Challenge; Big

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Barbara

This isn’t my photo (‘really’ I hear you cry!!) but it makes me feel really really small, and that the universe is so unimaginably BIG

Original caption: “View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew travelling toward the moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the Mediterranean Sea area to the Antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. Note the heavy cloud cover in the Southern Hemisphere. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible. The Arabian Peninsula can be seen at the north-eastern edge of Africa. The large island off the coast of Africa is Madagascar. The Asian mainland is on the horizon toward the north-east.”

“Suddenly, from behind the rim of the Moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white jewel, a light, delicate sky-blue sphere laced with slowly swirling veils of white, rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick sea of black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realize this is Earth . . . home.”

Edgar Mitchell

 

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Share a picture which means BIG to you!

 

 

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23 Responses to Weekly Photo Challenge; Big

  1. Grannymar's avatar grannymar says:
    October 12, 2012 at 7:13 pm

    I am smaller than a grain of sand.

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  2. Barbara's avatar Barbara says:
    October 12, 2012 at 9:21 pm

    Infinitesimally so

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  4. Northern Narratives's avatar Northern Narratives says:
    October 12, 2012 at 10:12 pm

    Great choice for the challenge.

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    • Barbara's avatar Barbara says:
      October 12, 2012 at 10:16 pm

      Thank you!

      I had been saving the photo for my growing “Favourite Quotations” page which I will publish when I get get time to add them all (or at least a decent number of them), but I get impatient to post things once I have them ready, so was very glad to be able to use this one 🙂

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  5. chaos48's avatar Allan G. Smorra says:
    October 12, 2012 at 10:15 pm

    Well done.

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  10. danajoward's avatar danajoward says:
    October 14, 2012 at 5:14 am

    Wonderful photo choice for the post. Beautifully done! 🙂

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  12. Eliz@MirthandMotivation's avatar eof737 says:
    October 15, 2012 at 5:22 am

    I love that one… Definitely huge and in your face. 😉

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  13. Arindam's avatar Arindam says:
    October 16, 2012 at 7:21 pm

    Great picture. Really nice interpretation of the theme. 🙂

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  14. Al's avatar Al says:
    March 10, 2013 at 4:33 pm

    And to think, our universe is one of the smaller ones.

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Your thoughts are very welcome :)