Perspective for a Friday

I continue to have the will to blog but not the time. Since I don’t want to leave you all with nothing, here’s some instant perspective:


Source: Hubblesite.org

Can you believe that beautiful thing exists in our world? (It’s called the Sombrero Galaxy and you should really click on it to make it bigger.)

I always find it comforting to realize how tiny we are. Tiny doesn’t mean unimportant; it only means tiny. I like to think of myself and everyone else as a tiny, important part of an enormous gargantuan world.

For a slideshow of some of the Hubble’s best work, go here.