Huge mounds of smoke and steam flow upward as Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off at 10:39 a.m. EDT on the historic Return to Flight mission STS-114. (Image Credit NASA/KSC)
"This existence of ours is as transient as Autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is a flash of lightning in the sky. Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain. "
-Buddha