Looking down on the Globe

I’ve rocketed far out into space and this is my view back down to the Globe.

Jus’ kiddin’, as is customary on the first day of every April. This is a part of the first large illustration (space view of the whole universe by using a logarithmic scale) in the new edition of the Astronomical Companion that will be ready later in 2025.

But I really am looking down on The Globe.

This is the balcony view from where we have come to live. The half-timbered and thatch-roofed building is the Globe Theatre. It was built in 1599 for the actors of Shakespeare’s company, burned down in 1613, was rebuilt in 1614, and reconstructed in 1997 on this site 250 yards away.

Most of the other nearby buildings are part of the theatre complex, including the Swan restaurant that is now our local. And you can see the Thames and the skyline of the western part of central London.

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