Comments | arcanelegacy: "That's here. That's home. That's us."

arcanelegacy

"That's here. That's home. That's us."

Apr 22, 2010 20:16

F'list, I have a story for you. Some of you may know it. Some of you may not. But it is a good story, a story about a planet and a photograph and a man.

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space, !science, anwe is environmentally friendly

Comments 12

blueserenity22 April 23 2010, 01:22:41 UTC

(It's the only solar system icon I have :D)

Wow. Amazing.

arcanelegacy April 23 2010, 22:57:51 UTC

It really is. I could look at that photo for hours. My mind just boggles.

scdsam April 23 2010, 01:26:26 UTC

LOVELOVELOVELOVE LOVE THIS!!!

arcanelegacy April 23 2010, 22:58:50 UTC

I knew you would! It seemed too perfect for Earth Day.

talekyn April 23 2010, 02:05:33 UTC

I am embarrassed to admit I had completely forgot about that photo and Sagan's speech. Thanks for reminding me.

arcanelegacy April 23 2010, 23:00:06 UTC

Haha, no worries. It was too perfect not to post.

agentevey April 23 2010, 02:50:11 UTC

Woah! I've never seen this before. Amazing. Utterly amazing.

arcanelegacy April 23 2010, 22:57:26 UTC

Isn't it? I love that speech.

aerodactylus April 23 2010, 04:24:46 UTC

Whoa...that was intense. It really does put things in perspective to see that little white pixel, doesn't it?

arcanelegacy April 23 2010, 22:55:30 UTC

It really does. And the fact, too, that that's earth from the edge of our solar system. Not much further away and it's gone, and the only hint that it's even here is the faintest of faint shadows on the sun as the earth passes over it. And even further out the only way of knowing our star even has planets is to see if Jupiter casts a shadow.

And even further out from that, our own sun is barely a little dot.