Be Amazed: Space is Cool!

January 22, 2012 at 6:37 pm by

“Damn punk kids! Get off of my lawn!” -You in 40 years

or

“The universe is a mysterious thing, full of wonder and beauty.” -You in 40 years if you turn off the Kardashians and take a look at this amazing universe.

Because we don’t want to get old and gray and get all jaded and cranky, we’re going to try to get outside of ourselves and immerse our brains in something amazing. In order to avoid that whole cold and heartless nerd defeating you at WOW, we’re going to start a mind expanding series here on Weekly Geekly.

Woah. Woah. Not so fast there, hippie. I don’t want you to even think about my chakras, or prana, or the state of my consciousness.  You don’t know me. For all you know, I’m a straight laced pharmacy tech. Take that homeopathy!

Instead of finding our spirit animal or connecting to mother earth, we’re going to go the nerd route. The geeky go to for being amazed? Well, space of course. If there’s anything that can warm a nerd’s little cold and BSG filled heart, it’s a time lapse video taken from a space station.

Why? Because it’s touching, but it’s not too warm and fuzzy. You can watch videos like this one and say it’s in the name of science and observation. It’s an intellectual endeavor, sure, but it’s one that can lead to obtaining that humility that we nerds have a hard time finding sometimes. Yes, I agree that you’re smarter than most of the humans. Me too! Let’s be geek friends!

Now that we’re bros besties pals… well, now that we agree that we’re both smarter than most people, let’s take on a special project. Let’s find cool stuff about space to share with each other. This time lapse video is my first offering to you.

Do you have anything spacey that will blow my mind?

 

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