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The first time I saw that clip I got shivers. And when you think we’re just one solar system inside a galaxy inside a super galaxy inside the cosmos it puts everything in perspective. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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It certainly explains why we sometimes lose our keys.
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And makes them a lot easier to find.
😉
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tutti viviamo in un granello di polvere e di sole sospesi nel tempo…
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E se siamo fortunati, possiamo passare un po ‘di quel tempo in Italia!
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I can think of a few world leaders I’d like to stick in a rocket and shoot into space to give them some perspective. With this clip playing on loop the whole way. Thanks, Steve.
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Carl Sagan spoke so passionately, so eloquently, about our world. He made it interesting. Thanks for the reminder!
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“There is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves…” Thank you for such a meaningful post.
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I’m glad this resonated with you, Silver. 30 years on, we don’t seem to have heeded Sagan’s wisdom.
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He was our hero, Chic’s and mine. He made astronomy/space science comprehensible to us. We loved him for it.
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He did have an almost unique ability to share not only knowledge, but wonder. I think Neil deGrasse Tyson (on Cosmos) is a worthy successor to Sagan.
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Certainly. But we must not overlook that wonderful Pommy, Brian Cox ! 🙂
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Indubitably! (Brian who?)
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http://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/sep/11/science-stephen-hawking-brian-cox
Try not to be so insular, yank … 😉
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