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Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Feb 2022
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No surprise why the Extraterrestrials are staying Far Far Away from this particular Blue Orb
magicguido
Feb 2022
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CaliforniaPeggy
(156,297 posts)1. Thank you for posting this, my dear Uncle Joe...
I've always found it to be profoundly moving.
"A speck of dust...floating in a moonbeam..."
Uncle Joe
(64,539 posts)2. I hear you, my dear CaliforniaPeggy...
Carl was deep.
Magoo48
(6,710 posts)3. Thank You Uncle Joe.
As powerful 3 and a half minutes as there is anywhere. I reference this often. And, what a wondrous bit of humbling perspective, how unifying this could be if humanity could take it to heart.
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magicguido
(6,315 posts)5. No surprise why the Extraterrestrials are staying Far Far Away from this particular Blue Orb
