You could spend many hours at the Hubble site, viewing the photos of distant places–places that are so far away that you become an extraordinary space and time traveler whenever you view these images. The photo below is that of M51 – “The Whirlpool Galaxy.”
Source: Hubblesite.org
How many sentient beings living in M51 are currently viewing the Milky Way Galaxy and wondering how many people there are viewing them? That thought motivated the SETI movement and the Drake equation.
