by,
Ravindra Loomba
Category: Science fiction based on cosmic facts
Earth Year: 2125 AD
The ship is two light years away from the home planet Earth. They are nearing the earth like planet, the earth scientists had sent them to explore. A strange phenomenon is taking place, as they near the earth like planet, it seems to recede further away. But their instructions were to continue pursuing the new planet.
So they continued to pursue what seemed like a mirage. The captain noticed that the mirage was becoming sharper and clearer if they pursued the planet in one direction….
Two more light years elapsed before the planet came into sharp focus.
It’s land mass was clearly visible allowing them to land. Excitedly, the captain reported to the home base that the scientists were right, there are mountains and rivers on the new planet. There seemed to be a well developed civilization as well.
The ship had lost contact with the base on earth but the communication equipment came alive inexplicably as they neared the new planet . The scientists had declared the ship lost in space!
When they heard the excited voice of the captain from the lost ship the scientists were astonished! The ship's captain asked to speak to his buddy scientist Roughbottom. It took Roughbottom only a few minutes to guess what had happened. The ship’s GPS location showed that the ship had landed on the Tibetan plateau!
‘You idiot, you are back on earth! ‘ said Roughbottom to the excited captain. ‘You have been chasing a photograph retained by nature from the earth’s former coordinates. Have you forgotten that the universe expands faster than the speed of light?!”
‘I know Roughfy, Just pulling your leg’ as he sipped Indian whisky straight from the bottle.
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