"We succeeded in taking that picture [from deep space], and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives. The aggregate of all our joys and sufferings, thousands of confident religions, ideologies and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every hopeful child, every mother and father, every inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam." - Carl Sagan, 11th February 1996
5 comments:
Crikey. Infusion, huh? Bet you were well brewed up at the end of that one, and poured out into china cups.
Lol. It was the first ride of the day, so yes, you could have poured me out after lol.
Good fun, of course! lol
Thought you may be interested. Patrick Moore says "NO" to Blackpool laser, as it's ruining the night sky.
Bless him! lol
The next generation will see stars, as they will be leaving the atmosphere to reach them :)
I love rollercoasters. The minute your stomach becomes the size of a peanut? Grrreat!
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