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The view from above
- Facing you, soaring up from the depths of the valley, is the mighty, glacier-tipped peak, its smooth snowfields and hard-edged rock-faces touched at this moment with soft rose-colour by the last rays of the departing sun, all marvellously sharp against the clear, pale, transparent blue of the sky.According to our usual way of looking at it, everyth... See more
from What Makes You You Makes the Universe: Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger on Quantum Physics, Vedanta, and the Ongoing Mystery of Consciousness by Maria Popova
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Have you ever felt awe and exhilaration while contemplating a vista of jagged, snow-capped mountains? Or been fascinated but also a bit unsettled while beholding a thunderous waterfall such as Niagara? Or felt existentially insignificant but strangely exalted while gazing up at the clear, starry night sky? If so, then you’ve had an experience of wh
... See morefrom At once tiny and huge: what is this feeling we call ‘sublime’? | Aeon Ideas by Sandra Shapshay
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- When you're looking at any mountain, you're looking at its vertical exposure. The Rockies rest on a massive plateau that is already often nearly a mile high. Even western Kansas is 4500 feet high. So, if you look at say Pikes Peak, a mountain that's about 14, 500 feet, you may be standing on a flat prairie to the east that is already 5000' high. So... See more
from Are the rockies bigger than the alps? - Answers
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