Simple loop of the seasons has Internet talking about life
Digital Reporter
Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 6:51 AM - You die after about 80 of these. That was that caption assigned to a simple animated image (or GIF) that was shared on the popular community web site Reddit Monday. It has since gone viral -- sparking an online conversation about life, love and even weather.
Within hours of making its way onto Reddit the image was viewed thousands of times, quickly becoming one of Reddit's most popular posts of the day.
The GIF features four seasons played on loop, alluding to the concept that weather can be a benchmark in the measurement of time.
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It serves as a simple, elegant reminder of how quickly the years seem to go by, and how every season is beautiful in its own right.
That's quite the metaphor -- for day-to-day life and for the planet we inhabit.
If you haven't taken a moment to contemplate your place in the universe today, consider this your moment of Zen.
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