Time is a fascinating concept.

I was running (okay jogging) along the Jurassic coast this evening, the light showed beautifully the structure of the eroding cliff - see below.

The rock strata stood out in clear relief - layer upon layer, each one a marker of time. Alternating bands of chalk, clay shale, then harder seams of limestone, each formed under entirely different conditions, in worlds almost unimaginable now. 

These bands formed because the area repeatedly shifted between different environments - from warm shallow seas to lagoons, rivers, and even swampy land. Each environment deposited a different type of sediment:

Millions upon millions of years, stacked like pages - a cross section of time - my moment, observing it on one evening.

The start of H G Wells Time Machine where he ‘fires up the Quattro’ and starts whizzing forward in time always fascinates me. 

Because that is how it would be - if we could just sit in one place for a million years - everything would literally unfold around you.
The unstoppable, inevitable tick of time.
Regardless of what humans do time will pass.
I very much doubt we can stop it, fast forward or rewind it - sorry Dr Who - Natures metronome - tick, tick…

In a few billion years, the Earth itself will be gone, consumed as the Sun expands. But even that isn’t an ending, just our local 'Big Deal' in a much larger story.
Because universal time doesn’t stop
Leading to another question…
Where will I be?