Monday, February 13, 2012

Unknown

A hike I took down in the interesting little town of Arivaca.  The unknown elements can be scary.
This is a different write for me, but it has been one that's been on my mind for awhile.  I had actually set this one to the side to give me time to think about it more.  We are, as a people and a world, growing closer together.  True, there's war, death, famine, and all that other jazz, but technology is linking a singular mind together.  We see it in the Arab countries. Why? Internet. People fighting for their liberties.  Economics linked between countries.  One country gets marked down; so do the rest.  And I think we are becoming more conscience of how all closely linked we are together.  But this write isn't about any of this.  It's about our abilities to map out mysteries via satellite around our planet.  It's about  uncovering the discovery of secret jungles in Africa or Asia and finding legendary cities like Atlantis.  As a child growing up, I always wanted to discover what others discovered.  The fables of dinosaurs still living in the jungles of the Amazon or the Lockness monster uncovered. And the Yeti? But another part of me wanted those places kept secret as well.   They were sacred.  As the Amazon gets smaller and the mapping electronically becomes more accurate, we are entering worlds that should never be explored by the modern human.  The tribes from the Amazon who have never seen people outside their forests are now forced to face "modern civilization".   A large wild population of gorillas lived in a secret place.  They were thought endangered until their uncovery last year via Google mapping.  What will this discovery do?
On a quiet hidden river between mangroves, we came upon the native Ngöbe-Buglé

I love mysteries.  One of my favorite stories is the Secret Garden.  All of us have one.  It's a place that's magical and private.  Kept away from the rest of the world.  Protected.  Safe.  As we enter this new century, A LOT is going to happen.  The discovery of planets like our own are just months or a couple years away.  Will there be anything left unknown for tomorrow?  Mystery is a wonderful thing. It gives us something to think about....to imagine.  Perhaps that's why I like the Game of Thrones series so much.  It's human based and the fantasy is considered all a bunch of hooha by the characters and it was considered extinct....and yet it was still out there.....just hiding.  Unknown.
The native Sinagua people's cliff dwellings in Northern Arizona.

Will we be cloning previously extinct animals like the Woolly Mammoth and bringing them back again?  Well it's happening.  Sometimes it's overwhelming and mind numbing.  We are unique living star dust amongst a vast cosmos. What do you think about all of this?  Just some deep thoughts for the day:)
I'm here with my sister-in-law and nephew Kellan.  I am "unknown" to him because we've never  met until this past Christmas. "Unknown" factor for me in this pic?  The hair product my SIL uses:)  LOL!!!

11 comments:

  1. Very interesting post. I really find it so amazing now that I can make friends and talk with other people in different countries. I am disturbed at the amount of time young people spend on their phones. We risk losing our communication skills. I would hope that in finding these mysteries with our new technology we can help it survive. And personally I do not think that we are alone in this Universe. I have no doubt about that.

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    1. Hello there! I agree with you. We are not alone and there is evidence mounting from research being done. Granted it is small but enough to suggest that we are not perhaps as unique as we think. NASA has discovered something interesting stuff over the past several months including several planets within the habitable zone. I only wish I could be that guy in space exploration. But not in my lifetime:( But at least we can see images now further and further away.

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  2. You have given me much to think about today...and I will. Wonderful photos. Laughed out loud at the mystery of your sil's hair product!

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  3. That's interesting, as losing "a mystery of the unknown" once something is found, is a loss to all parties. But it doesn't have to be, either. And the ending to this post is hilarious...hair!

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  4. 'tis true. are we advancing technology to give us complete transparency - to what end? so we can run roughshod over it all as we seek to control it...

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  5. I dont know where all our technology will take us Rohrerbot, but i'm thinking it wont be good in the long run. I'm always pesimistic!!

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  6. This is written intriguely according to the flow of your thinking and I was really into it. We seem to be like-minded: “We are unique living star dust amongst a vast cosmos.” is why I named my alias as “stardust”. Scientifically we might be a particle as a star dust, but we think and feel on this planet, which is a great wonder and mystery. While I’m excited with the things unveiled by science, I’m so attracted by the mysteries and fantasies. I sometimes wonder where we are going. My wish is coexistence of civilization and nature. All your photos are wonderful.

    Yoko

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    1. Stardust, thank you so much for writing your words. You and I are of same thoughts here. It goes beyond words some of this. I only wish we could see the unknowns off this world. My heart lies within the Universe and that is why I'm so attracted to science fiction.....it's the unknown. And perhaps that is our human curiousity. A pro and con of the unknown....wanting to know more. But something are better left unexplained:)

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  7. Really interesting post and it has several things I have thought in it. The fact that some things should just stay undiscovered, why would they want to be discovered (it's unlikely they do!) if whatever it is has lasted this long without our interference. There are so many changes and findings, which seem inevitable but not always for the good, I'm not sure how we weed out the bad bits, it's unlikely we can. I could waffle on but ultimately a great thought provoking post and it is always nice to know that there are other like minded people around :-)

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    1. Hi Alan. I agree. There are several mountain areas right now in African, Asia, and other continents that hold vast secrets but they are now becoming exposed to the general public. My worry is that people will exploit this knowledge. My hope is that these places will be treated with utmost care and protection.

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