Hi. Good to be in touch. Listen, I'm not going into all the global warming business right now (although I do wish you'd pay a little more attention to it). Today I have one very simple but very vital reminder for you.
There is no up and down in space.
Okay, so what does that mean? Lots of things, but most important to what I'd like to think about today is that you're thinking of the way I look in only one way instead of many ways.
Don't get me wrong--I'm really flattered that you think of me so often, and create such beautiful images of me. That Universal Studios logo at the beginning of their movies?
Fantastic. Love it. But you know it's kind of Western-hemisphere centric, right? Yeah, we covered that a while back. But also--well, something you may not have thought of.
How shall I put this, because it may be pretty strange to hear. Ummm. There is no up and down in space.
So . . . Well, that North Pole is at the top stuff? Not really. I mean not all the time. And don't get me wrong, I love the NASA photo of Earth from space.
But. It could have been the other way (I mean "upside down") and been just as accurate.
Yeah, freaky.
Take a look at this beautiful map of a region I know you're very familiar with. Muhammad Al-Idrisi created it in the 12th century.
Can't place it? How about if we turn it "upside down."
Now you see it. Well, both are equally accurate. You see?
Just promise to think about it. And happy new year!
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