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Amazing Photos

The Russian River entering the Pacific Ocean.

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Looking at a pic like that, trying to comprehend the scale and distances you're looking at, imagining that many of those little specs of light are other galaxies and then trying to wrap your brain around how far away they actually are,.....
I'd say just about impossible to fully grasp, save for a handful of people out of 8 billion (I'm not one).
Sure, you can explain that a light year is the distance light travels in a year at a gazillion mph and I can understand the concept and know that it's,..... reeeeally far. But,.....
Anyway, I love anything about the cosmos. Fascinating and never ceases to blow the mind. I'm sure that pic was enhanced somewhat, but still, I'm glad I live in an age to see a pic that good of something so far away.
 
NASA’s Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation

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Looking at a pic like that, trying to comprehend the scale and distances you're looking at, imagining that many of those little specs of light are other galaxies and then trying to wrap your brain around how far away they actually are,.....
I'd say just about impossible to fully grasp, save for a handful of people out of 8 billion (I'm not one).
Sure, you can explain that a light year is the distance light travels in a year at a gazillion mph and I can understand the concept and know that it's,..... reeeeally far. But,.....
Anyway, I love anything about the cosmos. Fascinating and never ceases to blow the mind. I'm sure that pic was enhanced somewhat, but still, I'm glad I live in an age to see a pic that good of something so far away.

The word immensity doesn’t even begin to cover it. :wideyed:
 
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The Chocolate Hills.

They are a geological formation in the Bohol province of the Philippines. There are at least 1,260 hills but there may be as many as 1,776 hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometres (20 sq mi). They are covered in green grass that turns brown (like chocolate) during the dry season, hence the name.

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