Love the Space

I love space.

And I'm not talking about the space in which I live.

Well, I guess I sort of am.

Not my home space.

Although I DO love my home.

Ok, this isn't going the way I planned.

I love outer space!

I love planets and stars and comets and all the beauty and immense-ness

that comes with Space.

I have always been fascinated by it.

It's amazing to picture our beautiful little planet Earth

in the vast expanse of space.

It sometimes helps put things in perspective.

Colliding galaxies 70 million light-years away.

A few years ago, hubs had a work conference in Florida

and I got to tag along.

I was absolutely THRILLED to be able to visit

Cape Canaveral.

I was in awe, I never thought I'd ever get to go there in my life.

It just seemed out of reach.

Like Space, I suppose. ; )

Who knows, maybe in this lifetime, some of us WILL get to travel

way up there.

Amazing.

Hurricane Irene

Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station

Setting crescent moon and the Earth's atmosphere

Aurora Australis or 'Southern lights' are seen in this photo captured by astronauts on the International Space Station with a digital camera while they passed over the Indian Ocean, September 17, 2011

Pics from Sympatico

Astronaut Bruce McCandless, ventured further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut had ever been. Made possible by a nitrogen jet propelled backpack.

quoted from here

Canada's contribution to Space!

Canadarm and Canadarm2 unloading cargo from space shuttle

Endeavour

from here

In University, I went to a lecture given by Canadian astronaut Dr. Roberta Bondar.

I was moved to tears seeing her photos and hearing her speak

about looking down at the beauty of our planet from space.

here

My daughter also loves space, she has posters of the planets on her bedroom wall.

My mom was looking after my girls for me when I was working,

and she would get a schedule of when the 

International Space Station was flying over our city.

In the early morning, they would go outside in the dark

and watch it fly over!

It looks like a bright star and would take maybe a minute to pass over us.

It was the coolest thing!

Try it out HERE.

Just choose your country and it will give you

a list of sighting opportunities.

We all have individual places we call home, but really,

we all share one home.

And it's beautiful.

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