marcicat | sometimes I just need a pretty picture to put everything in perspective

credit: I saw it first on tumblr (which is where I was able to nab the image from, no thanks to flickr there), but it was credited there to Rob Kroenert, so a thank you to him as well!

[Note: This is cool -- R. Kroenert notes that there were about 20 other photographers also taking pictures, which means that there are a relatively large number of people dedicating their time to photographing spectacular natural phenomena, as opposed to, say, committing crimes.

Also, more than 900 people have favorited the photo over on flickr, which is awesome -- that's 900 people *celebrating* spectacular natural phenomena as opposed to, say, committing crimes.

You know what sucks, though? The way that *I* was exposed to this photo, and the way *I* am celebrating it by posting it here, albeit credited and linked and everything, could be considered a crime if certain ::ahem:: legislation passes.

Dammit.]

{NOTE2: Hey, but check this out! wikipedia has a pic that’s shareable under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license. Woohoo!}