What Are You Really Afraid Of?

  “I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” - Jack London (born: 12 January 1876)

The Earth from Mars. Taken by the Curiosity Rover.

Jupiter

Saturn

Thank you, Opportunity.

  Though it will (probably) never again be seen by human eyes, and any "eyes" that may someday -- far off in the future (or not) -- see it, won't be able to interpret it, my name is inscribed on a disk carried by the InSight probe, which now sits on the surface of Mars. MARS!

  Per NASA; Seven Earth-sized planets discovered around TRAPPIST-1 (about 40 light years from earth). Three of those planets lie in the "Goldilocks Zone."

Less than an hour from now. Tune in if you can!

Just some Pluto stuff, because I felt like it.

"We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (born: 28 August 1749)

Wow. Read this all the way to the end.

Damn, NDT smashing your wishes. :-)

One of my favorite pictures... We're all right there. It's all we've got. We're all we've got.

"We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (died: 22 March 1832)