To admire the beauty of the earth we need to see it from the outside. This realisation is very strong in the case of these astronauts. Looking at earth from space, these people realise how beautiful and vibrant the earth is.
A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR ASTRONAUTS
It appears most beautiful of all the planets known to mankind. As a bright blue globe with the views of oceans, land, clouds, lightening, city lights, demarcation between day and night, the astronauts realise the true beauty and importance of their own planet. From the top there seems to be no boundary between people and countries, no hate, no fight, no wars, just pure and peaceful experience.
The realisation of belonging dawns and that this planet belongs to mankind, it is a fragile place that needs to be tended carefully for the survival of human species. It is a realisation that there should be unity amongst us, it is a unique place almost like an oasis in the middle of this dark space. The understanding that human race is one and should be united living in peace and harmony.
These are some feelings experienced by these astronauts which they claim as an ethereal experience, almost spiritual and they could gaze at it for hours admiring its beauty. It is the same experience when somebody leave their house and then the realisation dawns on how cosy and warm the house was, the same feeling of belonging was experienced by these astronauts. This experience widened their horizon and their way of looking at mother earth against the backdrop vast universe with billions of stars and galaxies.
A very moving experience indeed for these astronauts and they have learnt to admire and appreciate earth better as this experience have changed their perspective on life. They returned to earth as a changed human being. I wish that every human think that way and unite together, breaking all man made barriers to make our planet a safe place.