Staring at that Hubble deep field photo for 20 minutes hit me different last night

I read a comment from an astronomer saying each speck of light is billions of years old and billions of galaxies away, and it made me realize how small my traffic jam this morning really was - anyone else feel kind of peaceful after looking at those old deep space images?

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patricialee19d ago

Doesn't it just put everything in its place though? I looked at the same photo a few nights ago and felt like I could finally breathe. Those little specks are whole galaxies with billions of stars and maybe even other people looking right back at us. Next time you're stuck in traffic, just picture yourself as one tiny dot on one tiny planet circling one tiny sun. It makes the honking and the waiting seem pretty silly, but in a good way.

derek_schmidt619d ago

My buddy Mike had a panic attack on the 405 last year during rush hour. He pulled over, looked up at the sky through his sunroof, and saw a single bright dot he later learned was Jupiter. He told me he just sat there for ten minutes thinking about how that planet has like 95 moons and we can barely keep track of our own parking spaces. Now when he gets stuck in traffic he starts naming constellations instead of swearing at the car in front of him. It sounds hippie-ish but the guy hasn't had a speeding ticket since.