Wednesday, September 15, 2010

A Little Inspiration

Whenever I get stuck or need inspiration, these are some of the videos I've been checking out lately. I'm so glad I write sci fi.

The first is the longest, but prettiest: views of Earth from space.




This one just fascinates me: the Earth rising over the moon.




And finally: lightning storms seen from space. The video quality is poor, but can you imagine how beautiful it would have been to see in person?

11 comments:

Angela Ackerman said...

AWEsome--Loved that last one--so kewl.Thanks!

Jessica Subject said...

Wow Beth, thanks for sharing. These truly are inspirational.

Kim Harrington said...

I love that kind of stuff! My personal favorites are pics from the Hubble. I call them space porn. So cool.

KT said...

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing these! They're wonderful.

Karen Strong said...

I loves me some space. Thanks so much for sharing. I really enjoying watching them.

Can't wait to read your book. :)

Tricia J. O'Brien said...

Thank you! I was amazed by the lightning flashes (I had no idea what you'd see from space) and was totally enraptured by the beauty of the others. I love our universe!

Carolyn V. said...

How cool!

lotusgirl said...

Like Kim, I love the pix from the Hubble. The world and space around us in incredible.

Tere Kirkland said...

LOL, I was watching this interview with astronauts on the weather channel this morning and thought of your book. I even blogged about it.

I am such a dork I want to see the IMAX Hubble movie really badly. ;)

Very cool videos, thanks for sharing!

Jennifer said...

Those are awesome! Some gorgeous shots in the first one--loved it. The second one made a sci-fi title pop into my head, and I may have to use it, even though I've never written any real sci-fi before...hmm...

Thanks for sharing! :)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful views! And what a cool idea to get yourself in the right frame of mind for writing!