I was just pondering the “solid” ground on which I stand, even though I know the North American tectonic plate is moving at 1 – 2 centimeters per year.
But wait… that’s not all. (Tell them what they've won, Johnny!)
At any given moment, you are traveling approximately 1,000 miles per hour. That is the speed of Earth’s rotation on axis at the equator, although it decreases the closer you get to the poles. That velocity is what makes our sun seem to rise and set.
If that’s not vomit inducing enough for you, think of the following:
Earth moves around the sun at a speed of approximately 67,000 miles per hour. That makes our calendar year.
The sun, in the outer arms of the Milky Way galaxy, travels about the galactic center at approximately 483,000 miles per hour. At this velocity, one galactic “year” equals 225,000,000 earth years.
And the Milky Way is traveling through space-time at an estimated 1,300,000 miles per hour.
Stand on the solid ground… look at your feet… ponder where you are going. What a ride we are all on.
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