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DAY 218 | PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITIES |
Photographing the Past
LOOKING TO THE STARS AND SEEING HISTORY
In Michael Crichton’s novel Sphere, an American space shuttle from the future enters a time warp through a black hole, crash-landing on Earth 300 years in the past. The series of Planet of the Apes films dealt with a similar theme—a crew of astronauts travels into the distant future.
There is a certain appeal to the idea of transcending the boundaries of our own lifetime by witnessing other time periods. And, while time travel is not likely to become a reality any time soon, space photography provides us with a chance to literally watch the ...
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