I believe in the beauty of space
I believe in the beauty of space.
Space is so big and beautiful. We spend our lives so focused on the world around us that we forget about the world above us. Space is filled with so much. Planets, stars, moons, galaxies, random elements just floating around, asteroids, comets, etc. Space is so big and yet we’ve barely seen any of it. You would need a telescope to see it. Even then you only see a small taste.
Everything is so small in perspective. There are billions of galaxies just like ours. All filled with their own planets and stars. We are minuscule in comparison to it all. It is all so amazing but we don’t give much care to it. We don’t focus on the big picture.
Sometimes when I can, at night, I’ll go out and lay on the grass. Just looking up at it all. From my lawn you can’t see much. But it’s all out there waiting to be found. I could stare up at the night sky for hours. Recently there was a blood moon. Just the idea is so fascinating. Eclipses too. I remember one time a few years ago I was with my grandparents in Maryland. We went to several different stores just to find glasses to watch the eclipse.
Think about any movie involving space. Think of all the work that goes into making the CGI look good. One example is Avengers: Endgame. Each single scene showing space must take hours. Space is one of the hardest things to CGI because of all the stars and colors.
Space can sometimes feel unimpressive. Like how the moon and sun just kinda look like blobs in the sky. But there’s so much more. They look like blobs because they shine so bright. But there’s craters and so much detail that we can’t see. Other times space feels empty. You’ll look up and see nothing. But just because you can’t see anything doesn’t mean it’s not there. Everything just floats around lightyears away from one another. Space is empty and infinite. It will never be full but it can also never be empty. We can never fully know all of what’s out there. And that’s a part of the beauty. The mystery of what’s out there. Not only is there beauty in what we can see but there beauty in the unknown.
I think everyone should take some time to appreciate it. To just lay down and stare at it. Really look at it. Take a minute to just forget about the little things and try to see that big picture. I believe in the beauty of space.
Skye Fitzgerald is 13 years old and in 8th grade.Her favorite sport is floor hockey. She has a large collection of colored pens for coloring in coloring...