The Vacation "WE ARE NOT ALONE" ESO x J Collab Limited Edition Ski

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Admit it! We've all had those crazy conversation with your friends looking up at the night sky about aliens and what could be out there. But have you ever looked into the math supp orting the possibility? While searching through images of space, I stumbled on some mind blowing stuff... We all know the Earth revolves around one star with several other planets all together making up our solar system. However, scientists estimate that there are tens of billions of solar systems in just OUR single galaxy. Crazy, right? Now think about this... They estimate there are over a hundred billion galaxies!!!To put this into earth terms, imagine sitting on a beach and think about every tiny piece of individual sand from every beach and every desert on earth. It’s estimated that there are ten times more stars than grains of sand on our planet. This mind bender should help you answer your own question while looking up into the night sky.Now getting back to this graphic, I reached out to some of the best photographers of the night sky on our planet, the European Southern Observatory. It can take them over a year to achieve a single photo that gathers enough light from far off galaxies to create one image. The base graphic we paid homage to the legendary Saturn V used during the Apollo 11 mission to safely land the first two humans on the moon in 1969. We've still got a long way to go...Unlike the insane number of stars out there we're only building 350 pair of this new Limited Edition graphic on “The Vacation” ski and hand-signing and numbering each pair. So grab a pair before these before they sell out so next time you’re having that conversation with your buddy on the lift you can explain to them why we're not alone. See more photos from the ESO at eso.orgFollow them on Instagram Show more