This shot appeared on the web about a year ago and it may be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. In case you don't recognize it, this is a photo of the Sun "in the wavelength of hydrogen alpha light", whatever that means.
To give you a sense just how majestic our Sun actually is, did you know it represents over 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System? In other words, every single other thing in our solar system: every planet, asteroid, comet, moon, whatever, everything, added together, represents 0.14% the mass of the Sun. Now you know why I've capitalized the first letter of its name.
So, if you insist on praying to anyone or anything, you might as well pray to the one who really makes life possible on this planet. Come to think of it, we tend to think of ancient Sun-worshippers as being primitive but they actually knew where the real power in the universe resides!
In any case, to photographer Alan Friedman, wow.
I just bought the print and it will be on display in our offices soon!
It is gorgeous. I'm looking forward to seeing the print close-up.
Posted by: Erin Wilson | November 17, 2011 at 09:39 PM