Thursday, February 15, 2024

Happy 460th birthday

If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night,
        it would look to you more splendid than the moon.

            Galileo Galilei, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

 

 

 

 
 




 

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