Broadening The Mind

I've just been enjoying twenty minutes of armchair travel to the Sahara courtesy of the National Geographic Channel - a good reason for subscribing to cable tv. Of the twenty minutes roughly nineteen and a half consisted of either stunningly beautiful or eerily beautiful footage of the desert and its inhabitants. This makes me wonder about the chaps taking the pictures. I mean they must spend all their time gloating as they look at what they've got and think: just how mind-blowing is this going to be when we edit it into a coherent whole. Of course, I'm ignoring the incredible patience and exertion and sheer skill that must go into getting the material to start with. But it's all worth it: even better than the real thing!