second time puzzled.

This pic of an eclipse taken in 1992 and available at nasa's site, I recently saw, struck me with some awe. It is one of those moments when Nature beckons to us, almost shyly, to leave our quibbles aside for a moment and appreciate its majestic presence. The Sun in horizon is on this occasion shrouded by a disc. Yes, it is the moon playing a little trick on us, but we can not help but feel a sense of disbelief as we behold this spectacle. Certainty of events like the sun's appearance on horizon which we take so much for granted is called into question, if only temporarily, reminding us of our own impermanence, of our vulnerability among other things.

But that cluster of palm trees also standing against Suns path seems to have a different story to tell. Life in this painfully lonely planet in an indifferent universe, is fragile and prone to destruction by cosmic elements and yet, it has kept its flag flying, defying nature and has stood tall like the cluster of palm trees in picture. The pic seemed to me a perfect ode to life on our planet, though a mute one. It mocks us at our shattered lives with its unreasonable grit to survive, taking on natures apathy in its own way. Sentimental wish-wash aside, it definitely feels good to forget all for a brief while and gaze at this celestial wonder.