We came out on a night pass and soon the Earth came up.

We had a lot of things to get done and I went about my tasks.

An hour in, I was ahead, and so I thought,

“OK, I can take a breather here.”

We were pointed at the Earth.

It was just spectacular to look at:

“Wow! This is pretty cool to be out here, and to be looking around.”

You could see the Earth and you looked at it going by—“OK, where am I?”

I realized I’m not as good in geography as I thought—

when you look at a map, they always have lines, borders—easy to tell where you are.
 
A whole continent, that’s easy.

But now, you study other features like lakes and rivers and mountains.

You look at the Earth and it’s going by: “Wow! That really is a beautiful sight.”

You look off and see the horizon, the end of the Earth, the atmosphere and then beyond— 
just pitch black space—

and you think, “Wow! That’s home. That’s our planet.”