As a friend once put into words something I feel, "the pale blue dot is the closest thing to a spiritual experience that I have ever felt" (or to what I think a spiritual experience is based on what people more inclined to spiritual things claim).
In 2021 I took a simple telescope my brother bought to my parent's back yard (they live in the outskirts of the city, less light pollution) and we took a picture of Saturn and Jupiter. We could see the rings in Saturn and maybe 5 of Jupiter's big moons. I felt like crying. It is very "pixelated" (bad phone camera sitting on top of the telescope which isn't a good one, and also my brother and I are not skilled into operating the thing).
Anyways, wall of text to say "yes, I have felt emotional when looking up to the sky, quite a few times actually".
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As a friend once put into words something I feel, "the pale blue dot is the closest thing to a spiritual experience that I have ever felt" (or to what I think a spiritual experience is based on what people more inclined to spiritual things claim).
In 2021 I took a simple telescope my brother bought to my parent's back yard (they live in the outskirts of the city, less light pollution) and we took a picture of Saturn and Jupiter. We could see the rings in Saturn and maybe 5 of Jupiter's big moons. I felt like crying. It is very "pixelated" (bad phone camera sitting on top of the telescope which isn't a good one, and also my brother and I are not skilled into operating the thing).
Anyways, wall of text to say "yes, I have felt emotional when looking up to the sky, quite a few times actually".