Thursday, November 6, 2008

Mysteries of the Universe

H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra, B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, N, P, As, Sb, Bi, O, S, Se, T, Po, F, Cl, Br, I, At, He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Rn.
Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pd, Ag, Cd, Pt, Au, Hg.


Meet the mysteries of the universe. They're everywhere, in different proportions and configurations, with electrons zipping around them at death-defying speeds (hah! electrons aren't alive...). They make things explode, light up, move, exist. They are never seen properly, but they're seen all the time as a collective. They're all we see, and a lot of what we don't. It's true what Charles Wallace says in Madeleine L'Engle's book... if you shrank matter down, took out all the empty space, you'd be smaller than your pinky's fingernail.
Imagine.
Really, don't you ever wonder at the universe, at existence?
I can't think about it for too long...

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