Night stay near a G-star in Orion Arm
07.06.2016 Вторник 03:56
Just fifteen minutes ago I saw this photo in my Facebook news feed. It was made by one of my Facebook friends on one of the islands in French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean. The beauty of our home planet Earth, captured in the photo, impressed me so much that I sat down and wrote the following lines. This is "an excerpt" from the imaginary flight log of a space traveler floating in space in his tiny space vehicle "Praxiteles".
"On my travel along the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy I made a quick stop on a blueish planet near a yellow G-type star. I landed on the night side of the planet and fell asleep not venturing outside Praxiteles. Several hours later, when the star has risen, I pressurized the main lock and exited the vessel. The magnificent vista I witnessed is hard to describe by means of words. Endless peaceful ocean was stretching out in all directions around me, matched from above by the sky of a lovely blue tinge. Small patch of land on which I set my ship was covered with lush green vegetation and small airborne creatures were flitting about with merry chirping. That was truly the place very close to what one would call a paradise. I had a glimpse of thought about the idea to forget all about the Inertia stuff and to stay here on this beautiful island in the infinite expanse of the calmest of the oceans and live here in peace. Forever." - from Unpublished.