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Wow. :shock:
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"The universe is big... REALLY big."
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Fascinating, indeed. :)
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That. Is. Awesome.
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Wow
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Not quite a Total Perspective Vortex, but damned if that can't make you feel like an insignificant speck.
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Lighthawk wrote:Not quite a Total Perspective Vortex, but damned if that can't make you feel like an insignificant speck.
It would have been, but nobody could find a piece of fairy cake. ;)
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Mikey wrote:
Lighthawk wrote:Not quite a Total Perspective Vortex, but damned if that can't make you feel like an insignificant speck.
It would have been, but nobody could find a piece of fairy cake. ;)
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BELGIUM!
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That was impressive.
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Humbling as all hell. I posted this in the science thread, but it deserves a thread all its own.

Still gotta work 'yoctometer' into a fic...
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