Don’t Trust the Bee in Akeelah and the Bee
An interesting model of our solar system’s path as it travels through space in the Milky Way.
Certainly a departure from usual models that show the Sun as a static object, which it certainly isn’t
I have been waiting for this picture to come back around for so long to show it to someone.
You can see how high we are when you see how close this jet trail is to the ground.
Spaceflight finale: To some this may look like a sunset. But it’s a new dawn.
A tongue of lava oozes out from beneath the recently cooled crust of a flow. The silica contained within, reflects the early morning sunlight, giving its surface a glassy sheen.
Photo and caption credit: Bruce Omori
