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If someone would have taken me outside and told me to look at the night sky and tell them what I was thinking, two weeks ago I would have probably said some idiotic remark like, “Cool.” If they asked me what I thought about space, I probably would have coldly answered, “I could care less.” I thought that all that space was made of was a huge overabundance of white dots filling the pitch-black sky. The only thing I really liked was the moon because it was the closest thing I could see in space. If I saw an article on space or planets, I would never read the articles, I would just slowly saunter through the pages and stare at the pictures. To see all the fascinating colors of the different planets and the rings around Saturn was all I cared to gain from the article. I had no idea about what captivating things were beyond our atmosphere, until now. As I walked toward the middle of the baseball field, I looked up to the sky to catch a glimpse of what I might be looking at. I was a little disappointed that there was no moon out that night because I was looking forward to seeing it up close. My teacher said the view was awesome and even though I’ve never really seen it up close, I
As I was walking back to my car from the middle of the baseball field, I looked up at the sky to catch a last glimpse of what I looked at. I began to envy Mr. Fuhhr for knowing so much about our universe. And I realized that we’re never going to see a huge cloud with all different colors from Earth, no matter how big the telescope is. You just have to use your imagination. No matter how much scientific knowledge of what color a nebula might be, or how big it probably is, you still need an imagination because you’re never going to get to see it that close. Madison Fuhhr’s intension was to make us see this. He wanted to show us a little bit of what astronomy was like so that we could see how fascinating it was. He knew that for some, all it took was a little information for our imaginations to take off and want to seek out even more information on our own. Finally, it was my turn to look at the nebula. I quickly got down on my knees and looked through the scope. I saw a very distant white cloud with two stars inside of it. I started having a doubt as to whether it was still larger than life or not. I was waiting in line all this time just to see a little piece of white cloud. Then I looked up to Mr. Fuhhr and he said to me, “Those stars are being born as we speak!” As he said that, I could hear the level of shear excitement is his voice. It sounded like a little kid who has just found something that they have wanted for so long. I could hear the thrill of being able to share his discovery with us after hours and hours of staring at nothing through that telescope in his home. That alone rejuvenated all of the excitement that left me after I looked into the telescope. Then I got up from my knees and asked him to show me which stars were which. At that moment, even though it was pith black in the middle of that baseball field, I could see his eyes light up as he started pointing to various stars. That question brought out the little kid voice again. Only this time the voice had a slightly different tone than the last one. It seemed more appreciative. The kind of tone that you would notice from a kid after you just asked them to show you his new tonka truck. He was appreciating me for being interested in one of his biggest hobbies. Finally, it was my turn to look at the nebula. I quickly got down on my knees and looked through the scope. I saw a very distant white cloud with two stars inside of it. I started having a doubt as to whether it was still larger than life or not. I was waiting in line all this time just to see a little piece of white cloud. Then I looked up to Mr. Fuhhr and he said to me, “Those stars are being born as we speak!” As he said that,
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Approximate Word count = 1851
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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