Earthshine.
Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch captured this video of Earth outside the windows of the Orion spacecraft during the second flight day of the mission. Orion was roughly 33,800 miles (54,500 km) away from Earth when @Astro_Christina took this video.
Big problem, but if we took all the cars away, all the construction & industries away, it would take AQI from 700 to maybe 450-500, the typical baseline of 100-250 we experience throughout rest of the year.
You can see something 10,000 times on your phone, but never understand it until you see it in person for the first time.
That’s the lesson from the park bench scene in Good Will Hunting.
Matt Damon is the arrogant, book-smart intellectual who’s seen little but read everything. Robin Williams is the wise professor who rolls his eyes at Damon’s hubris. The stuff of life can only be fully absorbed through direct experience, he says.
This is one reason why school falls short. It conflates regurgitation for understanding.
Shakespeare’s plays have been reduced to bite-sized cramming on SparkNotes and exam questions the following day. Or, take entrepreneurship, where certain kinds of wisdom can only be gained in the trenches of a sales call or when you have to fire the executive you swore was going to save your company.
Travel, too.
Something about the Golden Gate Bridge can only be understood when you feel the Pacific Ocean wind and shiver under a blanket of fog. Something about the life of Moses can only be understood when you stand atop Mount Nebo (where he died) and look down at the Promised Land of Israel. Something about Italian food can only be understood when you slurp “siero” in a Parmesan cheese factory and meet the 4th-generation shop owner.
Pixels on a screen aren’t enough.
Get out and Do the Thing because certain kinds of knowledge can only be gained through tactile, first-hand experience.
German manufacturer Audi will enter into the world of Formula 1 from the 2026 world championship onwards as a power unit supplier ⚡️
https://t.co/eOSea7zApx
Happy New Year 2022!
One thing I learnt last year that I'm going to follow for the next is that Slowly is the fastest way to be where I want to be.
Thanks for the appreciating the images I share here. 🍁🌻