And for a bit of whiplash...

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...we go from the mud to the stars, or at least far enough to look back at Earth with no small amount of wonder.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/13/jaw-dropping-space-station-time-lapse/

I got this link from Mike and Denise Okuda over at Facebook.

Worth the money spent to get those cameras up there and the images back down here again. No doubt.