Pale Blue Dot

[kpete]

Pale Blue Dot
For Earth Day,
an animated video of Carl Sagan's reflections on the iconic Voyager 1 photo of the only planet we have.
His message: Take care.

VIDEO:
http://www.commondreams.org/further/2011/04/22-2

[CrownPrinceBandar]

1. Very nice, kpete..........

I've seen this one before. Ya know, I usually don't miss famous people after they die, but I sure do miss Carl Sagan. Cosmos was pretty instrumental in firing my interest in science.

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. what a beautiful home we have

[CrispyQ]

6. Too bad we're trashin' the place.

~sigh.

[Ptah]

3. Voyager 1 photo:

[crickets]

5. I didn't realize

that we have Carl to thank for that photo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_blue_dot
"By request of Carl Sagan, NASA commanded the Voyager 1 spacecraft, having completed its primary mission and now leaving the Solar System, to turn its camera around and to take a photograph of Earth across a great expanse of space."

The stark impact of the image goes well with Carl's moving words in the video.

[peacebird]

4. earth over the moon - image taken by Clementine Satellite (i worked on that program!)

[stuntcat]

8. wow!!!

literally, I :o'ed :wow:

thank you, it is beautiful!

[peacebird]

9. that is one of my favorite images from Clementine

http://www.cmf.nrl.navy.mil/clementine/clem_collect/sunrise.html

sunrise over the moon, with Venus!

[stuntcat]

13. AH beautiful

These are so cool!

[localroger]

7. That was well done

I could practically recite that Sagan quote from memory, but this animation really brought out the underlying meaning in a way that drilled through my jaded carapace of low expectations. I think there's something in my eye, 'scuse me.

[mountainlion55]

10. dirtying the nest

Wise man once said' If you shit in and on your own nest you will die!':nuke:

[wovenpaint]

11. Thanks for posting this,, kpete

How eloquent-and elegantly spoken! It's very moving....and TRUE!

[tabasco]

12. Sagan was such a special person.

I miss him and his wonderful teachings.