Wednesday, May 27, 2009

2. Viewing Saturn on a Starry Night



Seeing Saturn’s rings live for the first time

In many respects, Saturn is the most wondrous and recognized planet. We love its pinky circular striped colors and the mystery of those rings and thanks to the Hubble telescope we have all seen fabulous pictures of this famous planet.

One very cold night in May I stood on a hill and looked through a telescope. Saturn. There it was – as I bent my head down and squinted awkwardly through the eyepiece I saw it - a creamy 3 dimensional globe surrounded by a ring the outline of which could be seen encircling the front of the perfect pure planet.

Saturn inspires us to believe that there is more to life and maybe after life than that which we can actually see with the naked eye.

On a dark clear night sky go to a place where there are no city lights – look up way up and enjoy the millions of shining stars.

A Breathe in Life Moment

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