Last time I realized that nature took the first photo. To be more precise, nature’s first “photo” presents a cosmic sphere.
Today I will try to explain that the first photo was made for us by nature in simple words. The fact is that we can admire the first image during the night by observing the stars. I often wonder if it is mathematically possible to get to know the past of the Universe, realizing that the age of mankind is nothing compared to the so-called “Deep Time,” which is measured not in years but in the lifetime of stars and galaxies.
What we see in the sky at night is, indeed, a photo immortalized for us with the view of stars from a million years ago. It means that humanity may have been staring at this breathtaking image for over 17,000 years (during this period, people draw cave paintings in Lascaux, France. Paintings also include the view of stars (Pleiades). People are continually admiring the photo of the sky throughout millenniums and centuries.
Did someone or something took for us the image of the sky, wishing to show us his power? I dare to believe.
Was it God, Gods, Aliens, Chaos, or was the picture of the night sky taken by coincidence? We do not know. I am convinced we will never know. Why? Since we have data only for a short, tiny period (compare humans’ history to the age of the Universe), I doubt whether it is possible to collect enough data to solve all mysteries of the Universe.
Along with the development of our civilization, we are collecting (“downloading”) the data gradually from the “cloud” (to be more precise, from the surroundings of our planet, Solar System, Milky Way galaxy, and far beyond).
Still, the time of human existence is nothing in comparison to the “Deep Time.” I doubt whether it is possible to collect data from the moment of the so-called “The Big Bang” (if there was one at all) and from the fringes of the expanding Universe. Undoubtedly we should try to do it because the process of learning is crucial for human civilization. The first photo taken by nature will have to be sufficient to understand the data that we can “download” from the sky.
PS
Is that mean that the sight of Cosmos, the night sky is still? Contrary. Millions of phenomenal events are taking place in the Universe. Some of them we can observe by our eyes (e.g., solar eclipse, moon phases). Others (e.g., pictures of distant galaxies from the “Deep Time”) are visible to us, thanks to, among others, “The Hubble Space Telescope.”
PS2
After writing this text, I realized that people can analyze almost all phases of the history of the Universe by looking into the oldest stars. One example of such space objects is a star named HD 140283 (situated 190.1 light-years away from Earth). Astronomers refined the star’s age to about 14.3 billion years old. What does it mean? It means that this is older than Big Bang. How is it possible? What about the Big Bang theory? Well, I do not know.
