“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” Confucius
Musings: Other Faces of Beauty… Quiet Corona.
Musings: Other Faces of Beauty… Saturn and her rings
Musings: Other Faces of Beauty… Transit of Venus – round black spot on surface of sun.
Musings: Other Faces of Beauty… Mars
She Walks In Beauty by Lord Byron
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies. Contd below
Our solar system offers many wondrous and beautiful images; illuminating us and our world. I spent some time on the NASA site today reading about the upcoming Transit of Venus scheduled for June 5-6, 2012; something that won’t happen again for many years to come. I clicked around the site and started looking at the remarkable images they captured of our planet and others further away from us. It was a great reminder that there are many other faces of beauty and we can all show our appreciation by embracing this diversity on our planet and beyond. I’ve added some more shots below for your enjoyment.
“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Musings: Other Faces of Beauty… Solar beauty – Composite
Musings: Other Faces of Beauty… Neon Saturn
Musings: Other Faces of Beauty… Andromeda Galaxy
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling place.Contd below
The worlds beyond our world are magnificent and colorful. As scientists continue to explore and discover new forms of life miles under the sea, and as they delve deeper into the galaxies around us, it becomes apparent that our standards of beauty are rather limited… We can take a moment to step outside of our place on the raisin loaf and see the larger world and what it offers us. Perhaps, this consideration would open our minds to appreciate all life forms, all people, all faiths, and all ways of being and living… After all, we are not alone. More below!
