homersimpson_esq
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Joined: 30/9/2005 From: Springfield
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In a rather neat link between the first post on this thread and the last one before this post, in this link here is a 360° panoramic, zoomable image from Mars. I don't think I can quite comprehend the collective achievements of mankind to get the camera to that location, to get the image from that location, and get the image to me, and you. It's mind-boggling, really. You know how every so often something happens that makes you think "I don't want to live on this planet anymore"? Well, it's an image from another planet - A WHOLE OTHER PLANET, NOT THE MOON, NOT A ROCK, A PLANET - that demonstrates that humanity has achieved so much, and can achieve so much more, and that actually, I do want to live on this planet. Because it's amazing. And that is why the image in that link makes me go WOW.
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That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne. TREK WARS
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