Any one asks why you like astronomy show them this...

[rob1]

hi just seen this and thought it was great, thought id share it here.

"The Night Sky

--written by Peter Roth, inspired by the Orion photo

We

are adrift

in an ocean of stars,

a shoreless ocean of unknowable depths,

a vastness so great,

it swallows all mind

and all knowledge.

The glow overhead

is the light streaming forth

from billions of suns

which form our galaxy's arms.

Billions and trillions of galaxies

float

in the silent, velvet Black.

If we turn from our stress

and look up,

it is there,

still there,

always there,

and ever so quiet!

So pause for a moment,

an hour,

a night,

breathe in and feel

Where we are.

Perceive the Universe directly,

in all of its exquisite beauty,

its absolute mystery,

its wordless wonder.

And drink

of the fullness

of Infinite Possibility."

"I wanted to write something that really expresses how I feel about

astronomy, something that gives the reader a sense of what it's like to be

out under a really dark sky full of stars."--Peter Roth

[jimmyjamjoejoe]

Love it.

[crashtestdummy]

This freaked my gf out a bit lol