Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Space . . .

Deafening silence. No sound at all to hear. All around is the cold blackness of the empty void of space. The only light to be seen comes from the multitude of stars giving out their tiny pin-pricks of light into the overwhelming vastness. Now the camera in minds eye is turning slowly. Turning and rotating until a red glow appears on the edge of our vision, which very quickly turns into a flood of blinding light from the distant sun. Now the camera is moving forward and panning round to centre itself on a small blue planet the size of a marble.

The camera focuses on the planet and holds it's position. Suddenly were accelerating forward at speed so immense, although were merely observing it still feels as though it's pushing us to the back of chairs. Faster and faster it goes towards the blue planet which is already the size of a tennis ball and still growing quickly. Even faster, and the surrounding stars are blurring and becoming mere streaks of light as we pass closer and closer to the planet.

Closer still and still traveling at break neck speed the planet shows details, the clouds swirling across the surface like drops of oil in a puddle. Nearer still, and masses of land come into view, continents spin slowly on their everlasting journey around the planet. Careering onward, the planet is now taking up the whole of our field of vision. The vastness of the planet is becoming more apparent. Zooming still nearer we begin to slow, and head for what looks like a tiny island towards the top of the planet. Closer and closer we go, still traveling so fast but slowing down all the while. We head towards the bottom right hand corner of the island. As we break into the atmosphere the dark blackness of space becomes varying shades of blue. Sky blue now, and ahead of us a blanket of cloud. Punching a hole through the clouds we continue onwards.

What was a small tiny island is now a sprawling mass of land. It seems to be varying shades of green with earthy brown areas in between. Further and further towards the ground we plummet all the while a roaring wind fills our ears and the criss-crossing patterns of fields come into view. Reddy brown areas seem to be forming in geometric grids as we get even closer buffeted be the wind around us. Closer still and we now clearly over a small town. As we move even nearer and building come into sight, we're now over the outskirts of the town and still heading towards the earth.

In the middle of countless field all around a small cluster of buildings are forming an island of structures in an otherwise green and lush surroundings. We zoom over one of these buildings and slow down even more. Now as the wind quietens and the sound of distant traffic becomes apparent the camera is no longer pointing straight down but turning over the edge of the metal roofed factory building. Down the front of the building the camera stops in front of the glass paneled door to the building.

From outside, looking in the camera has now come to a rest and we see through the window a man sat in front of a computer screen tapping away on a keyboard in front of him. We somehow pass through the window without making a sound and move across a small office to where the man is sitting. Slowly, he takes his hands away from the keyboard and turns towards us.

"MORNING!! How are we? Happy Wednesday to you! See you all tomorrow!"

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