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[[File:TheWorldIsJustAwesome.jpg|link=Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|frame| Be sure to use [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|appropriate]] [
{{quote|"Some kind of celestial event. No - no words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should have sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful... I had no idea."|'''Dr. Ellie Arroway''', ''[[Contact (film)|Contact]]''}}
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Sometimes these moments happen during gameplay where you do something extra-awesome for the very first time. See also [[That's No Moon]] though that usually consists of fear, and [[Above the Ruins]] for when characters are looking down at something that's been destroyed.
"They Should Have Sent a Poet" is an alternate trope namer. Not to be confused with thinking that [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure|Dio Brando's Stand]] [[Evil Is Cool|is awesome]].
See also [[Scenery Porn]] and [[Visual Effects of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Visual Effects of Awesome]] (may indeed be considered the cinematographer/animator/special effects crew's [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]]). Can make someone realize they have something [[Worth Living For]].
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* ''[[Discovery Channel]]'
** Of course, the ''[[MythBusters]]'' ended up ruining it a little by posting a blooper reel of Adam and Jamie trying to get their lines out for a similar commercial, eventually coming to a (joking) agreement that it ''was'' awesome "until (they) came along", and that it's now "going to Hell". Kinda fitting, actually, seeing as their part of the "Boom de Yada" commercial has Adam tied up and being boiled alive in a homemade hot tub by Jamie...▼
*** Or Adam lighting Jamie's sleeve on fire...▼
*** There was an earlier Discovery ad which had Jamie and Adam standing in a white room with the other planets of the solar system rolling by; Jamie explicitly states "I think ''the world is just awesome''", noting how other planets are unsuitable for human life. Naturally, it ends with Adam wanting to [[Stuff Blowing Up|blow something up]].▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' at the end of the first episode. The three main characters launch themselves through the earth's surface and high into the air, getting an overview of everything. Made more spectacular due to the drab colours being used up until that point.
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* ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]'', as Kiki swoops into the main setting.
* ''[[Spirited Away]]'', as the main character walks into the bath house.
* ''[[Macross]]'' / ''[[Robotech]]'': Arrival of the Zentraedi fleet.{{context|reason=Wasn't that when (avoiding spoilers) the world became substantially less awesome? Please explain.}}
* In the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime, a Pidgey dreams of flying into space. He does, and tells Meowth how beautiful the Earth is, before he can't fly any higher and descends.
* Happens a lot in ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]''. It's good to see that they're using all of the money from the franchise in a good way for a change.
* ''[[Voices of a Distant Star]]'': Several of these moments for Mikako: Seeing the Lysithea, the Jupiter/Io flux tube, the plains of Agartha (the last of which immediately preceeds an almighty [[Tear Jerker]] moment so be warned).
* A much more down-to... well, earth example (but no less applicable)
* ''[[Strike Witches]]'' has this in episode six of its second season. After scaling to astronomical heights to dispatch a Neuroi tower, Sanya and Eila use the moment to look at the Earth below, and also to make up after an earlier fight.
* ''[[The Place Promised in Our Early Days]]'' borders between this and [[Scenery Porn]], especially during the finale.
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* The comic ''[[52]]'' has a "the Multiverse is just awesome!" scene. "Welcome home."
* A lot of the surrealism in ''[[The Sandman]]'' can be like this. A little girl becoming a bird, any scene where we are shown the castle of the Dreaming or in a dark version the palace of Lucifer, all the Gods visiting Morpheus in Season of Mists, Morpheus' hair and Delirium shaping little soap bubbles into a multitude of signs and figures in Brief Lives.
* In a ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Star Wars: Empire]]'' comic, a number of Rebels [http://thefannish.org/images/scansdaily/swempire26/blz02.jpg land on a new world]
* ''[[Elf Quest]]'' somewhat subverts this: the character Skywise has spent his entire life obsessing over the stars, and ''finally'' gets a chance to fly a spaceship. He makes the walls of the ship translucent to show everyone the beauty of space, only to find that his best friend Cutter (the comic's main character, who suffers from fear of heights) just wants to close his eyes and get back to earth.
▲== [[Commercials]] ==
▲* ''[[Discovery Channel]]'s'' [[Trope Namer|motto]], as seen above, is like this. Their recent advertisements to the tune of Boom de Yada makes this a variation, for this is ''our'' planet Earth, not a fictional universe, which makes it both a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
▲** Of course, the ''[[MythBusters]]'' ended up ruining it a little by posting a blooper reel of Adam and Jamie trying to get their lines out for a similar commercial, eventually coming to a (joking) agreement that it ''was'' awesome "until (they) came along", and that it's now "going to Hell". Kinda fitting, actually, seeing as their part of the "Boom de Yada" commercial has Adam tied up and being boiled alive in a homemade hot tub by Jamie...
▲*** Or Adam lighting Jamie's sleeve on fire...
▲*** There was an earlier Discovery ad which had Jamie and Adam standing in a white room with the other planets of the solar system rolling by; Jamie explicitly states "I think ''the world is just awesome''", noting how other planets are unsuitable for human life. Naturally, it ends with Adam wanting to [[Stuff Blowing Up|blow something up]].
== [[Film]] ==
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* The Land from the [[Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]] is nothing but this. What's even better? Everyone gets another sense to see Beauty and Health.
== [[Live
* Anything to do with ''[[Planet Earth]]'', but especially [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH2Z_1-Frb8 this] music video/commercial.
* Speaking of BBC nature documentaries:
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Drowtales]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20100604102910/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=date&id=939 Ariel visits the surface for the first time].
** Also when she sees Chel'El'Sussoloth in its full glory for the first time.
* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' likes this trope.
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** Since he saw the same view, it's unsurprising that [[Buzz Aldrin]] ''[[Memetic Mutation|PUNCH'd]]'' Bart Sibrel. Imagine seeing something so inspirational, then having some douchetard assert that you didn't. Bastard [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|got off easy]], if you ask me.
** Neil Armstrong, similarly, said: "It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small."
*** Armstrong's own words, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind", brought [[Walter Cronkite]] to tears of joy and
** Yuri Gagarin, first man in space, had this comparatively more laconic transmission upon his first time.
{{quote|"The flight continues well. The machine is functioning normally. Reception excellent. Am carrying out observations of the earth. Visibility good. I can see the clouds. I can see everything. It's beautiful!"}}
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* Some [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0Cazxj_yc people are AWESOME] too.
* the Grand Canyon is one of those places for which photographs are simply insufficient.
* Ever see a night sky just full of stars? Away from city lights, so that even the faintest stars and nebulae show up starkly against the jet-black backdrop? How about a large meteor shower? The different aurora lights that show up in the sky in certain parts of the world? All truly
** Now [http://vimeo.com/22439234 everyone can see it for themselves] thanks to Mr.Terge Sorgjerd's masterpiece
** Not easy to do this unless you're a sailor, but sit out on the deck of a ship in the middle of the ocean with all external lights blacked out. Wow. Just... wow.
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{{quote|From 'Rant in E Minor': I lay in a field of green grass for four hours going "My god ...I love EVERYTHING!"}}
* Anyone who has ever climbed a mountain will know exactly how amazing that the world can be. To think that millions of years of pressure have been pushing small, insignificant pieces of rock together, moving so slowly it can't even be seen, until one day, you look at it, and the result is a range of mountains that can cover entire expanses of countries, and literally pierce the clouds, makes a person really appreciate just how ''powerful'' and how magnificently ''old'' our planet is.
** Likewise, going in the opposite direction, caves. In particular, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140319235402/http://www.jdonohue.com/parks/photo/mediumSize/CarlsbadCaverns.jpg Carlsbad] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150427124722/http://www.worldbestspot.com/Spotimage/cavernas%20carlsbad.jpg Caverns]. Drip by drip, over millions of years, the magnificent structures of this cave were built. In pictures, it's difficult to adequately show the scale and sheer majesty of the caves and its chambers. One of the most famous structures is the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140715120013/http://www.nps.gov/cave/photosmultimedia/upload/br_roa_jones.jpg Rock of Ages], housed in the adequately named "Big Room," which is one of the largest cave chambers in the world, with a floor size of over 350,000 square feet.
* Most everyone who's heard of Stone Henge has seen pictures of it. Those hardly do the monument justice, but you are unlikely to think more than "Hey, this is cool," when simply looking at it. That feeling comes from actually ''touching'' the stones. While it's now prohibited to touch the stones in the actual henge, there are a few of them across the road that are readily available for this purpose. While I'm unsure of how intense The World Is Just Awesome feeling is for people who merely lay their hands on the stone, I know from personal experience that giving it a hug lets you for a moment feel the power of the world around you. Words can't describe the feeling with any sort of accuracy.
* One cannot fully appreciate the size and beauty of the California Redwood until they stand under one and look up.
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* Simply stop and take a look at the nature around you sometime. Even a few trees next to the sidewalk changing color for the fall can be awe-inspiring.
* [http://www.virgingalactic.com/ Virgin Galactic] Branson's sub orbital taxi service isn't so much about going into space as it is about invoking the experience of piercing the heavens for [[Crack is Cheaper|paying customers.]] Book now!
* Machu
* Standing at the tip of a coastline and looking out to the open sea under the sun or in fog. One place you can do this is at the lighthouse point of Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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