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In Episode Thirteen, I brought out the big guns. We got streamers, balloons, let’s underline this thing. Throw some stars in there. And the stars are obviously sparkling. But to make it a real party, we got to have people. And everyone is only allowed to have one hair. I don’t know why I do it, but we’re going to face on this last guy. Well, who? Let’s party. As you know, we’ve delivered a lot of information over these first two seasons. But stop just a moment. Before we get to that, I want to share a secret with…
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In episode twelve, I ask you two questions. When’s the last time you wondered? Why is the sky blue? There are one of two reasons, you stop asking that question. Number one, you’ve learned the answer. Light waves from the sun come crashing into the Earth’s atmosphere and every light wave, but blue gets deflected or refracted, so that the only light wave that our eyes perceive is that beautiful blue color. Except for sunsets, obviously, when different light waves can get through like the reds, and the yellows, the oranges, purples, beautiful colors that sunsets offer. Or you stopped…
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In Episode Eleven, I talk about the most fantastic perspective that you can get when astronauts fly to outer space and look back at our Earth as a tiny, fragile ball of light hanging in a black void. They experience what’s called the overview effect. As Michael Collins from space mission, Apollo 11, wrote, “The thing that really surprised me was that the Earth projected an air of fragility, and why? I don’t know why. I don’t know to this day. I had a feeling it’s tiny. It’s shiny. It’s beautiful. It’s home. And it’s fragile.” The actor William Shatner,…
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