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A hunk of rock from our solar system’s creation just collided with the atmosphere over Boulder. It burst into a thousand grains of glowing sand, flying down to Utah, or to California, or maybe into a cloud to be rain. This rock is now part of our planet, it joined us and brought new potential. Some people call it a shooting star, I call it our very origin.
— Me, having a Sagan moment
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Phases of the Moon
“If the moon were made of
barbecued spare ribsdelicious Oreos, would you eat it then? I know I would. Heck, I’d have seconds. Then polish it off with a tall, cool Budweiser.”
Source: world-shaker
Here is a pretty stunning tour of the cosmos. This is part 1. That must have been some big bang.
