life is short

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

"I will tell you a great secret, Captain. Perhaps the greatest of all time. The molecules of your body are the same molecules that make up this station and the nebula outside, that burn inside the stars themselves. We are starstuff, we are the universe made manifest, trying to figure itself out. As we have both learned, sometimes the universe requires a change of perspective."

The only regret I have about not living in the middle of nowhere is that I could never see something like this.