We are incredibly complex beings made up of roughly 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms. Each of these atoms is each made up of an incredibly small nucleus and even smaller electrons that orbit around the nucleus. The interesting part is that scientists discovered that electrons do not orbit the centre of an atom like planets around the sun. Instead, think of electrons like a swarm of bees or birds, where the individual motions are too fast to track, but you still see the shape of the overall swarm. In fact, electrons dance. But it’s not random dancing – it’s more like ballroom dancing, where they move in set patterns. These patterns can vary – some are slow and gentle, like a waltz whereas some are fast and energetic, like a Charleston. Each electron keeps to the same pattern, but once in a while it may change to another, as long as no other electron is doing that pattern already. No two electrons in an atom can do the same step: this rule is called the Exclusion Principle. I found in this study an interesting analogy to the way we’re supposed to conduct our lives. It’s inspiring to realize that each one of us is a very unique individual made of free atoms, breathing free atoms, touching free atoms, watching and smelling free atoms, moved by a perpetual dance of energies all around and within it. Once we merge with it, we become it. . . 📍Eucla, Nullarbor, Great Australian Bught 🇦🇺 . . . . . Sources: - Theconversation.com (Roger Barlow) - Khanacademy.com (at Great Australian Bight, SA/WA Border) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEHLpFtJ0Zm/?igshid=fqv77epa8f4f