Post 1,500! Not one of my own this time rather earth, the pale blue dot, from Voyager 1 and words from the incomparable Carl Sagan, whose idea the photo was... "The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the dot on scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner of the dot. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. [...] To my mind, there is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known". — Carl Sagan, speech at Cornell University, October 13, 1994 • • #post1500 #earth #palebluedot #thepalebluedot #carlsagan #cornelluniversity #conceit #humanity #humanconceit #space #voyager1 #astronomer #author #astronomy #photography #spacephotography #perspective #placeintheuniverse #nasa #richardtruly #jpl #jetpropulsionlaboratory
