Earth picture

[hank plankton]

Was going to post this yesterday but forgot...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 14988.html

It's rather beautiful. Click on the enlarge photo bit.

[Moomum]

What a fantastic image! I've just printed it out for my wee girl so she can goggle at it too.

[madmedusa]

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."

It's nice to get a bit of perspective from time to time........ wonderful image.

[Mrs Who???]

That is amazing, it makes you feel very small in the scheme of things though!

[hank plankton]

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."

It's nice to get a bit of perspective from time to time........ wonderful image.

Great isn't it? Quite apt for me as I'm just finishing that book 'Moondust', which I know you and others here have read (only £3 in HMV!).

That Sagan quote, have you read his stuff? I'd like to but am scared it'd boil my tiny brain. Would he be gentle with me?

[Technical Officer]

WOW, that's a wonderful picture

[madmedusa]

Quite apt for me as I'm just finishing that book 'Moondust'

Did you know Andrew Smith came so close to interviewing Neil Armstrong.... he got as far as email contact with him but Neil refused to be interviewed which is the norm for him.

That Sagan quote, have you read his stuff? I'd like to but am scared it'd boil my tiny brain. Would he be gentle with me?

No, and it's for the exact same reason you give... though you can get 'Cosmos' for less than £20 now... it's a fecking steal at that price!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cosmos-DVD/dp/B ... 987&sr=1-2

[hank plankton]

No, and it's for the exact same reason you give... though you can get 'Cosmos' for less than £20 now... it's a fecking steal at that price!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cosmos-DVD/dp/B ... 987&sr=1-2

Mads, my brain might be tiny, but it is capable of reading. That's a DVD you've linked to.

The book is even cheaper!!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cosmos-Carl-Sag ... 491&sr=1-1

[madmedusa]

The book is even cheaper!!!

Yes, but you can't paint your toenails whilst reading a book.......

[hank plankton]

The book is even cheaper!!!

Yes, but you can't paint your toenails whilst reading a book.......

Good point!


I'll get the DVD.

[Pondgirl]

Awesome

[Claude Balls]

For those who'd like to hear Carl Sagan reading his introduction to The Pale Blue Dot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g

Music by Vangelis. Heaven and Hell. Used as the theme to Cosmos.

[Moonflower]

It amazes me how the atlases were right about the shapes of the continents.
I find THAT very scary

[Sarky Cut]

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."

It's nice to get a bit of perspective from time to time........ wonderful image.

Great isn't it? Quite apt for me as I'm just finishing that book 'Moondust', which I know you and others here have read (only £3 in HMV!).

That Sagan quote, have you read his stuff? I'd like to but am scared it'd boil my tiny brain. Would he be gentle with me?

He can't harm you he has been dead for 16 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan