Status Updates From The Last Stargazers: The En...

‘—the purple-red foothills—there was usually a pleasant moment of stillness during—sunset—from such a remote outpost, the entire desert seemed motionless—but there was also a slight buzz under it all. For everyone working at the telescopes—day started at this hour & the darker the sky got, the more it impressed upon all of us that we had a busy night ahead. As long as the weather cooperated—forecasting connoisseur—’

I’m on a roll with nonfic but it’s so interesting! I love learning abt a field that isn’t mine

Why do I tear up every time people do what they love with reckless abandon?

I honestly had no idea that astronomy was such a harrowing field. Please don’t catch me up in a cage with a telescope.