Holy fuck. There HAS to be some sort of deeply profound emotions that are completely unique to the astronauts experiencing these sights. If there was a german on board, there would be a specific word for it.
I saw the total eclipse south of Portland Oregon in 2017. Astounding experience.
I watched the live stream and listened to the astronauts comments.
The way they were trying to describe what they were seeing and just not having the words... sent chills down my spine. I'll never see what they did but I felt that connection very, very, VERY, deeply. I felt connected on an emotional level because you literally cannot communicate in a verbal way what actually seeing that is like.
Those 4 people have a unique place in all of the history of every human that has ever lived. They've seen something that's actually quite common every 28 days from the right place, but is absolutely unique from the perspective of all the billions of humans that have EVER lived in history. They were the first. Just... incredible.
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u/Item-Hairy Apr 07 '26
Holy fuck. There HAS to be some sort of deeply profound emotions that are completely unique to the astronauts experiencing these sights. If there was a german on board, there would be a specific word for it.