One Sky. One Earth

I heard a nice quote in the Online Messier Marathon.  This is Global Astronomy Month (April 2010) and we were all linked in a live video chat (well, our astronomer friend Gianluca Masi was on video, we observed and joined the text chat) running a Messier Marathon.  I think we saw more than 100 of the objects - though I'm still waiting for the official count and photos.

Anyway, the statement was made that the marathon was proof that we all, the people of Earth, as there were representatives of a great many countries around the world, and certainly from every "corner" of the planet, share one Earth, under one sky.  So that's my new catch phrase.  "One Sky.  One Earth."  Fievel ("An American Tail) said it well.

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

These are a snippet of the lyrics from "Somewhere Out There."  He takes comfort that he and his lost friends share the same big sky.  As do we all.


One Sky.  One Earth.