My best shot of the 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela from ISS. It is a once in a 144 year Hindu pilgrimage to sacred riverbanks in India and one of the largest events in the world, with millions of people in this single photo!
I don't understand how this is even possible.
- I witnessed the deaths of Michael Jackson,Maradona, Pelé, and Queen Elizabeth!
- I lived through three different popes.
- I survived a global pandemic, and watched the internet come to life.
- I saw CDs become Spotify, DVDs become Netflix, and landlines become iPhones and now, I'm witnessing the rise of artificial intelligence.
AND I’M JUST IN MY EARLY 30s.
Dinosaurs didn’t just live in a different time…
They lived in a different region of the galaxy. 🦕✨
Right now, our Solar System is orbiting the center of the Milky Way at an astonishing speed.
One full orbit — known as a galactic year — takes about:
1 Galactic Year ≈ 230 million Earth years
So when dinosaurs walked the Earth during the Triassic Period roughly 230 million years ago, our planet was on the opposite side of the Milky Way from where we are today. 🤯🌌
Since then, Earth has journeyed through:
⭐ Massive spiral arms
☄️ Regions shaped by exploding stars
🌌 Enormous clouds of cosmic dust
And during that cosmic voyage, life evolved from giant reptiles… to humans capable of studying the galaxy itself. 👀
Even though we feel perfectly still standing on Earth, we’re actually moving with the Sun at nearly:
≈ 828,000 km/h
through the Milky Way right now. 🚀
The universe never stops moving.
And neither do we. ✨
Winston Churchill chopping off the fingers of an #Indian textile worker.
This #Japanese leaflet dating 1944 refers to that theme.
'To save #Manchester , the #British rulers shed the blood of Indians and in return gave them hunger & poverty'.
#NationalHandloomDay
Ranganathaswamy Temple from Tamil Nadu is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi.
This temple has the tallest gopuram in all of India 😱 !!!
Truly magical 💓😍