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Nature 437, 594 (22 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/437594a; Published online 21 September 2005

Falling

Benjamin Rosenbaum1

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The view from here.

You're on the 236th-level Kaiserstrasse moving sidewalk when you see her.You're leaning on the railing, waiting to ask Derya about a job, watching the glittering stream of mites that arc over half the sky — flying up to rewind their nanosprings in the stratospheric sunlight, flying down to make Frankfurt run.