There are so many things in the world that people have accomplished. Humanity, as it seems, is an oddly successful species, because, let's be honest here, we just kind of go on inventing sprees and create everything we can. We came up with the wheel — look how far that's taken us. As a result of the wheel, we invented carriages, cars, and so many other things. Chairs even have wheels now, which is probably the most entertaining thing in the entire world. Despite all of our creations, no matter how big or small, we've still struggled to grasp space. The universe is absolutely massive, possibly even infinite, but it's big enough that we'll likely never know. Even our galaxy, something so minute in comparison to the entire universe, is far too large for us to explore in a reasonable amount of time. Despite this, we keep progressing further and further, learning more about space than we knew yesterday.
Take, for example, the first time someone even looked into space with a telescope. The first telescope wasn't even invented until a bit over 400 years ago, but here we are going out into space and actually landing on the giant space masses those folks saw. We've even sent a drone all the way out to Jupiter, which is a recent accomplishment, but an absolutely massive one. These are all things that people of the past couldn't have even dreamed of, yet here we are, living the dream. It's essentially a testament to the possibilities of life and what human beings can accomplish. Technology seems to be continuously progressing across all fronts — being more than just drones going out to space or electric cars becoming fast, efficient, and affordable. Things like the camera have progressed immensely as well. At one point, pictures were just extremely grainy and unreliable, but now we have cameras that can make pictures look absolutely stunning.
That's precisely what's used in this awesome video, too. While I thought it wouldn't be possible (I'm a skeptic, what can I say?), this man went and proved me wrong. He used a camera, which was apparently an extremely high powered and amazing one, to actually zoom in on the moon. I know, it sounds like he's going to get a mediocre image of the moon and it will be nothing special, but I can't begin to stress how incorrect that actually is. Not only was he able to effectively zoom in on the moon, but he was able to see all of the little details on the surface of it. You could see the craters all along the bottom, as well as nearly every other spot. Just to prove how effective his camera is, he starts the video off by staying completely zoomed out, showing his surroundings, then slowly zooming in on the moon until it's in plain sight.
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