The Blues

There’s so little in the world that manages to take my breath away. Many things I find beautiful, many things inspire awe, but little that takes the breath away.

I was listening to Bach’s Violin Concerto in A when I clicked on a link in my NASA Science News talking about a spacecraft heading to Mercury was currently swinging by Venus and would zap a laser into the clouds of Earth’s “Evil Twin”.

Evil twin…hmmmm. And to think Venus was once goddess of love and beauty, I was thinking as I clicked the link, the concerto playing, and this came up…


Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA

For some reason, it did take my breath away. Just a moment. But it managed it.


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4 responses to “The Blues”

  1. Jennifer Avatar

    And of course the Venutians are currently zapping our planet, it’s evil twin. I wonder if Venus has a Decider…

  2. Idyllopus Avatar

    Hehe. That got me, envisioning Venusians firing back, war taking on suddenly a whole new dimension and there being no oil for a reward.

  3. Jennifer Avatar

    Ahhh, Venusians. I knew Venutians didn’t look right. I was just happy I didn’t type “Venetians”, which my hands tried to do a couple of times.

  4. Idyllopus Avatar

    For some reason I always hear Leonard Nimoy saying “Venusian” and I know immediately how to spell it. I dont’ know why I always hear Leonard Nimoy saying “Venusian”…

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