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In a few decades we will meet our Cosmic Neighbors but for now.... (Original Post) zebonaut Jun 2014 OP
This is all we have, as Voyager left Earth and turned one of its cameras toward Earth as it went DhhD Jun 2014 #1
Thanks be to Neil deGrasse Tyson and everybody extending the love of the new cosmos to all of us on DhhD Jun 2014 #2
I loved this series. oldandhappy Jun 2014 #3
My two cents. Unknown Beatle Jun 2014 #4
I had tears when this episode ended. longship Jun 2014 #5

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
1. This is all we have, as Voyager left Earth and turned one of its cameras toward Earth as it went
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 10:26 PM
Jun 2014

forward into space, leaving the pale blue dot. This video is the voice of Carl Sagan. He loved the Cosmos. We should all love and care for our home, the Earth.

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
2. Thanks be to Neil deGrasse Tyson and everybody extending the love of the new cosmos to all of us on
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 10:31 PM
Jun 2014

the pale blue dot.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
3. I loved this series.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 10:49 PM
Jun 2014

Thank you to all involved. I am grateful to have seen all but two of the new shows. Hope to be able to buy the set. My great nephews are still young. I want them to be able to see this someday -- to appreciate all that is part of our creation. I love our earth and our huge vast cosmos! Many many thanks.

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
4. My two cents.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 10:51 PM
Jun 2014

We are but an insignificant speck of cosmic dust in the great expanse of the universe. One, two, or three hundred years from now we won't even be a memory to anyone. The great musicians with their great works will be remembered and their music will be played for hundreds of years.

I just wish I were alive for the next Mozart, Beethoven, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Louis Armstrong, and all the great music still unwritten and unplayed.

Political leaders and tyrants come and go, but in my estimation, music makes the world go round.

But, the best thing we could ever do is help each other without thinking selfishly about what we could get out of it except feeling good about ourselves.

Life is like a spark, it lights up and fades instantly. But it's in those minute microseconds between the light and the fading, that we should absolutely do something to help the world heal while we're breathing our last breaths until we fade out for all eternity.

longship

(40,416 posts)
5. I had tears when this episode ended.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 10:54 PM
Jun 2014

Hearing Carl Sagan's voice reciting from Pale Blue Dot was moving. And I love that NdGT stepped aside to give Carl the stage... as it should be.

A wonderful series. And now I am going to have to fucking buy both of them on DVD. (That's difficult on my budget.)

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