Houston, Apollo 11. We’ve got Africa facing toward us right now, and of course everything is getting smaller and smaller as time goes on…and of course, the Sahara.
-Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, in orbit 160,000 miles above Earth en route to the Moon, voice communication 48 hours, 32 minutes, 35 seconds after launch, July 18, 1969
That is also how I felt on my second day on the Darb. Everything getting smaller and smaller, especially me, and my camel, and my reason for being there.