Thursday, September 8, 2011
Pale Blue Dot
I'm reading Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot." I found this beautiful video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pfwY2TNehw
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Great video. I remember the Cosmos series on PBS vividly as a child in the 80s. He almost inspired me to become an astronomer, till I hit college and learned how incredibly hard physics was!
ReplyDeleteIn another space-related topic, I just saw this image of Saturn from the Cassini spacecraft. It looks photoshopped but it isn't! Amazing.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0901/newrings_cassini_big.jpg
Magnifico, la verdad...
ReplyDeleteI know it's terribly trite, but if only we could just get along.
ReplyDeleteWe (humans) are but specks of dust.
ReplyDelete73 from the left side of the blue dot.......Steve Smith WB6TNL
"Snort Rosin"