{"id":7089,"date":"2025-01-20T15:02:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2025-01-20T15:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:02:56","slug":"galaxy-of-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2025\/01\/20\/galaxy-of-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy of Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7090\" style=\"width:774px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1.png 706w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/torbenh\/6105409913\/in\/photostream\/\">\u201cM31 09-01-2011\u201d<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/torbenh\/\">Torben Hansen<\/a>. <em>downloaded from flickr<\/em> 1.17.2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SkyeJordan_-_Nocturnal_Tranqulity-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/files\/SkyeJordan\/68336\">\u201cNocturnal Tranqulity\u201d<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/beta.ccmixter.org\/people\/SkyeJordan\">Skye Jordan<\/a>. <em>downloaded from dig.ccmixter<\/em> 1.17.2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vastness of space has always interested me. Something is mesmerizing about the way stars and space seem to go on forever in the night sky. This is an image of M31, otherwise known as the Andromeda Galaxy. This image, \u201cM31 09-01-2011\u201d by Torben Hansen, captures millions of stars and at least three galaxies. The Andromeda galaxy is the closest to our own, the Milky Way, about 2.5 million light-years away. The audio clips enhance this image by playing calming and dreamy music. As I listen to this music and stare at the image, a sense of serenity washes over me allowing my mind to drift into deep reflection about our existence. What is the purpose of life? Is there other life out there? I like to ponder these questions and am reminded to sometimes take a moment, reflect, and appreciate the complexities and beauty of life. We are so small in the grand scheme of things, yet we are deeply interconnected to everything around us. I hope you all enjoy the picture and audio and take time to reflect on your own lives and the wonder of space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cM31 09-01-2011\u201d by Torben Hansen. downloaded from flickr 1.17.2025 CC BY 2.0 \u201cNocturnal Tranqulity\u201d by Skye Jordan. downloaded from dig.ccmixter 1.17.2025 CC BY 4.0 The vastness of space has always interested me. Something is mesmerizing about the way stars and&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-7089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student","tag-cc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7093,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089\/revisions\/7093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}