Como dizer "contemplar" em inglês

Português: contemplar
Inglês: gazing/to gaze (at)

Exemplos:

1. She pushed a baby jogger, while Benton sat inside, his baby blue eyes gazing at the scenery.
2. *We wonder, we seek answers. Living in this vast world that is by turns kind and cruel, and gazing at the immense heavens above, people have always asked a multitude...

Trecho do livro: The Grand Design de Stephen Hawking (maravilhoso livro)