So actually this picture was taken about two weeks ago. It's just that it has been finals week for me and I've been buried. Just buried. Under lots of work.
Well this all became possible through my physics club at school (the department paid for most of the expenses). When I heard they were offering students slots in a skydiving adventure, I figured, what the heck? I feel like risking my life. So I signed up!
As you can imagine, the whole lead up to the situation was quite nerve wracking. I somehow got it in my mind that my harness wasn't properly strapped, and that I was going to fall off and die. Oh gosh. AND THE PLANE RIDE!! OMG! It's like "WTFWTFWTF x 20" As you're climbing up so high you're looking down at the clouds and the door to the plane is open and you're not attached yet. Nothing to hold onto either.
Anyways, enough about the negatives.
OMG LYKE IT WAS THE BEST THING EVER!
When I jumped out, it felt like I entered into this wind tunnel. Actually I was going about 54 meters/sec. Which as you can imagine, is a lot of distance in little time. As I looked at the Earth, it didn't look like it was moving. There's actually a physics argument about the focal length of your eye and what not ... but anyways the gist of it is, is that you don't actually feel like you're falling until you get much closer to the Earth and see the ground moving quicker.
For about a minute I was in freefall, just feeling the wind burst into my nose and cleanse my brain, it was such a purifying experience. It was such an amazing experience. It's something I recommend everyone do, sometime in their life! I wish I could write more but I have to get rest. Maybe I'll continue this later.
EDIT: if you're wondering what my hand sign thing is, it's actually the hand sign of my college, UT longhorns.
