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Think the thing I like the most about it is the perspective that it gives you
Sometimes it's a little hard figuring out what you're actually seeing even after you spent several
hours in the dark and after your eyes have adjusted, but when photographing it, it's sort of like an
extension of your eyes and it's a patient process. So after you press the shutter, you've got to wait
20 or 30 seconds and there's nothing to do during that time but stare at the sky.
During that time, it's really quiet and there's nothing else but your own heartbeat and your own
breathing and you wait for the click of the closing of the shutter.
When you finally see it on the LCD, you realize that that hazy cloud of stars you're just staring
at is actually a whole galaxy and then you look back up at the sky the real thing and you realize
just how enormous it is and that's the moment that allows you to see it all with your own eyes.
It puts into perspective just how small and tiny and precious we are on our short time on this
little rock slowly spinning through space and there's nothing else like it.
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