Deep Field Observations

by G. Jack Urso  

 

my ashen eyes lack clarity

or the vision

to see beyond my years

 

self-aware in the center

of a universe of violence

and slow change

 

more than the stars or grains of sand

are the memories i dream of at night

 

as i slumber

to wake and wonder

at what i see

are they phantasms

. . . or a shadow reality?

 

inward we turn for revelations

calculating distant deep field observations 

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Note: According to esahubble.org, the website of the Hubble Space Telescope, “Deep field observations are long-lasting observations of a particular region of the sky intended to reveal faint objects by collecting the light from them for an appropriately long time. The 'deeper' the observation is (i.e., longer exposure time), the fainter are the objects that become visible on the images.” Photo Credit Pham Minh Thanh, 2005.