What do two million spectators look like?

[mckitterick]

Popular Science shows us... from space.

In the immortal words of Agent Smith, "Humanity is a virus." At least, from space, we look like an infestation.

Chris

Comments

[charmed-art.livejournal.com]

Wow look at that!

[radcliffe.livejournal.com]

Oh that is amazing!!!!

[queza7.livejournal.com]

That is crazy and awesome.

And also a little bit scary...

[chernobylred.livejournal.com]

Ants!

[madmatmax.livejournal.com]

Must get to Obelisk....

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha!

[pointoforigin.livejournal.com]

It does kind of make my skin crawl . . . and yet, those little bug-like specks somehow developed the ability to put a camera in space so it could take their pictures as they went about their speck-ulative activities. Strange that there could be so much mind inside something so small . . . .

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yes! I know exactly what you mean!

Reminds me of that powerful image of the "pale blue dot," Earth among the blackness, taken from Voyager:

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

WOW!!!

like ants. ok, viral ants.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

For even more better shots, see the link in kalimeg's reply, below.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

The thing I like about this site is that one of the pictures is from the stand where he took the oath, looking toward the Washington Monument -- and it is a seemingly solid carpet of people as far as you can see:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/the_inauguration_of_president.html

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, I love that site!

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

THESE ARE AWESOME!!!

[theoneinblue.livejournal.com]

The word that comes to mind is "swarm"...what a cool photo...