Thursday, September 23, 2010

Isn't Technology Amazing?


    If there's one thing that Matthew has helped me realize in the past year of marriage, it's that space and technology are really amazing things.  The way that the laws of physics help explain all the phenomena we see is pretty cool, and by using these laws we can produce some incredible technology. (This might sound boring... I promise it'll get interesting. Keep reading.)
    One area of technology that really seems to be taking off lately is photography.  I mean, if you think about where it is from derogotypes, to color film, to digital, that's really quite the change.  There is also another branch of photographic development that is perhaps less well known, but even more spectacular. 
   This photo is actually an example of how we have recently been able to bend space and take photographs not only of objects hundreds of light years away, but from hundreds of light years away.  This is a picture of our own Milky Way Galaxy.  How did they get the camera there?
I promise, this was labeled as "milkyway_4".  It must be a true picture.
   But, there are even greater advances.  Not only can we capture events as they happen, scientists have now helped us go back in time and capture events that happened thousands of years ago.  Don't believe me?  Look at this photo.
 
   This is an actual photograph of Saul on the road to Damascus.  Now, I know it isn't the best quality (it sort of looks like a painting), but you have to remember the amount of time this photo is crossing.  Plus it was an earlier attempt at "back-in-time" photography.  But, the FHE manual where I got this assures me that it is copyrighted by Globe Photos Inc., so there you go.
    Now this photo is a prime example of the advances in this particular field.  Scientists were able to get an actual photo of the First Vision!  In fact, I think they're even planning to release a video of the event they have captured from over almost 200 years ago.  Absolutely astounding. 
    And now, for perhaps the greatest advancement of all.  Scientists have developed a way to take photos of... THE FUTURE!!  Now, thanks to Matthew being a physics major, we were able to help in the testing of this, and we have a picture to share.
    This is a photograph of Stephanie from about March of next year:

Pretty amazing, eh?  Well, we thought you would all be interested in this fantastic development. Just so you know, we're absolutely thrilled about it.

12 comments:

rick and cheryl said...

YAY! Congrats! Technology is amazing. But, why wait until March?...oh, I see, preordering... We're very excited for you guys.

nathan said...

I love technology! Congratulations!

Barbara said...

We're so happy for you!

becca said...

Congratulations!! Exciting news.

Janae said...

Congratulations!! PS. I love the different pillow options that the future provided for Stephanie, that are in the background. :)

The Figgins said...

ya!

Christa said...

That is so great! You will love being a mommy! And the future picture is awesome.

Unknown said...

Congrats!! YEAH!

Heather said...

what a cute pregnant person you are. Congratulations.

Gabe said...

YOU ARE PREGO!!??!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Megan said...

For reals?! Congrats!

Francisco J. Darquea said...

haha very cute post! Congrats on being pregnant! You will be a great mom (and I wanted a girl too, but seriously, I could not be happier with little Luke! I love my baby boy)
Love,
Emily