Video of Known Universe
Watching something like this really shows you how minute and tiny we are in our own world and in the Universe. Our day to day lives are so hectic and we spend so much time on what ends up being such meaningless tasks that we really do forget how amazing the natural world is.
As an 18 year old, My college roommate, Seth, and I travelled to Rocky Mountain National Park to for a short vacation. We drove all night and camped in the back of his blue 1993 Ford Ranger pickup truck. The nights were cold and we had no sleeping bags but none of this matter to us as we were so in awe of the majesty that surrounded us. Growing up in Arkansas and Tennessee, we had both seen mountains, but nothing of the level of these sleeping giants.
One morning we woke before the sun had risen to hike to the base of the Twin Sisters. As we climbed up the mountain, past the tree line, through the 2 inches of virginal early fall snow to the summit, we stayed silent. There was nothing that either of us could say that would make sense before the vistas in front of us. We made the summit around midday and just sat for hours eating our lunch and staring westward towards the expanse of the Rockies.
These moments come far too rarely in our world. Whenever the do come by its best just to sit back and just be glad that in a world and Universe so daunting and magnificent, we still have a place to call home.