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Speaking of fireflies one of my all time favorite scenes is from the movie The Lookout(2007),here is the trailer if you haven't seen it already! :

Spoiler

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427470/

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& speaking of the Pale Blue Dot :

So today it is April 22 & it is Earth Day.

Earth rotates approximately 0.000694 revolutions per minute (RPM), meaning it completes one full rotation (360 degrees) in about 24 hours. At the equator, this equates to a speed of roughly 1,000 miles per hour. This speed varies depending on latitude, with the speed at the poles being effectively zero.

It works in accordance to Newton's laws of motion.Since the Earth rotates once every 24 hours, it rotates at . 000694 RPM.
Earth's rotation is slowing down though! Our days get longer by about 1.8 milliseconds per century. 600 million years ago, a day was only 21 hours.

We define a day as 86,400 seconds, or 24 hours – the time it takes for Earth to rotate once. However, the Earth doesn’t rotate perfectly uniformly. Usually, the Earth’s rotation is actually slowing down so that the length of the day increases by about 1.8 milliseconds per century, on average. This means that 600 million years ago a day lasted only 21 hours.

The variation in day length is due to several factors, including the tidal effects of the Moon and Sun, core-mantle coupling inside the Earth, and the overall distribution of mass on the planet. Seismic activity, glaciation, the weather, the oceansandthe Earth’s magnetic field may also affect the length of the day.

But....
In 2020 scientists made a startling discovery. They found that, instead of slowing down, the Earth has started to spin faster. It is now spinning faster than at any time in the last 50 years. In fact, the shortest 28 days on record all occurred during 2020.

As yet, scientists are notentirelysure what is causing this increase in Earth’s rotation rate, but some have suggested it could be due to the melting of glaciers during the 20th Century, or the accumulation of large quantities of water in northern hemisphere reservoirs. However, experts predict that this speeding

up is a temporary effect and the Earth will start slowing down again in the future.

But, for now, should we be worried? Although it will have no effect on our daily lives, there could be serious implications for technology such as GPS satellites, smartphones, computers and communication networks, all of which rely on extremely accurate timing systems. But such problems are ultimately surmountable, perhaps simply by subtracting a leap second rather than adding one.

So no, we shouldn’t be worried – unless the shortening of the day is attributable to human activity.

But....what do I know....the more days I'm blessed to live on this earth,the more I know that I know nothing....just like Socrates .....

 

Last edited: Apr 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM

@capitan crunch yo that was beautiful cap, my new favorite of yours. the arrangement is so nice, it has like this sense of expansion, its very spacial and like angelic with the backing vocals, makes it feel a little divine and goes really well with this. that was gorgeous dude

@SpyFx ✪ ✓ that definitely sounds like a Netflix show opening theme, just make sure the check they write you is out of this world too - thanks for sharing your thoughts and again for hosting this month fam, youre doing great

@SmokerNzt welcome to the non-contest, you even did the extra credit song for Olymoon, which i like better of the two; electric pianos are some of my favorite timbres to listen too. i usually dont like ambience but this is the kind i can vibe with, has enough movement and has like this precious feeling, great use of atmosphere