The end of the world as we know it…

When i was maybe 14… I read a book about a woman who ends up on this space mission that has her in a ship that is approaching light speed. As the fabric of time morphs around her, she is able to see the universe expanding and cooling until there seems to be nothing left but a cold void. I don’t remember the title or author or any of that stuff….

When I was 15 or 16, I read a book actually based in science, where the author postulates that once the expansion of the universe is done, a cataclysmic reaction begins and the universe then collapses in on itself, creating the mother of all black holes, which then explodes into the stuff of existence again. The thing that got me was the immensity of the cycle he was implying. It still makes my head spin.

In any case, opening turned tangent aside, i started thinking earlier that if the world as we know it were to end, I think i’d like to be in a position where i can witness at least part of it from a distance. I mean, what would it be like? I’m assuming nuclear with the current state of things, so – flaming skies and melting earth? Would the color of the flames vary like the aurora borealis? What would it sound like? I know this sounds morbid and completely fucked up, but it’s really just a curiosity from a person who is obsessed with witnessing cosmic or destructive events in nature. Like eclipses, violent chemical reactions, meteor showers, avalanches, volcanic eruptions…. or, ya know, the destruction of the planet.

There was a point to this when i first started typing, but my mind is all over the place today and I can’t remember where I was going with this after the title. Instead of a rational, coherent discussion of some random thing or another, you got a dose of my insanity. You’re welcome.