The Pale Blue Dot

[FantasticBob7000]

Mmm-billions and billions of starrzz in this univerrse.

[MovingTarget85]

That was amazing. Happy birthday, Carl. We miss you.

[copp85]

Carl Sagan was a poet

[misterhazz]

I've loved space ever since I was a young lad. I've only just come across this poignant message and I think I have a new found respect and admiration for everything. The vastness of space and our miniscule presence in it is mind blowing when put in perspective.

[vegeteriancannibal]

I loved Sagan and I don't say this only because he has deceased but because i truly believe so that he was an artist of life, he was a poet and a humble saint.

''The pale blue dot'' by Carl is the most heart touching short piece of literature masterpiece the world will ever get.

[JohnF30Music]

If i could bring back ANYONE to life, it would be sagan. ANYONE.

[hijackn2890]

The song is by Rob Dougan its called "instrumental" off of his furious angels cd

[PoFFizdaMan]

beautifully stated ;]

[2stepsteve]

I detect the speech has been recorded in much less than 44.1khz sample rate.. Why?

[thequantumflux]

@2stepsteve Not sure the recording was given to me a while back for the pale blue dot audio book.

[obdami]

I have a blue dot on my weiner. It also hurts when I pee. I wonder what that means?

[chapio]

Earth: Mostly Harmless

Damn, this makes me want to cry.

[goog2k]

Carl said, "We are star stuff" and "a way for the cosmos to know itself."

All the atoms on earth and in our bodies came from supernova that blew up over 5 billion years ago.

Aren't we all just walking, talking stardust -- this cosmos become AWAKE and looking back at itself? -- and aren't we intimately connected to it all?

We are this wonder called life become AWAKE

Please enjoy the dance.

And ultimately there's nothing that separates us from others in this grand mystery. Please be kind.

[PoFFizdaMan]

@goog2k

my god, what you said really moved me... mostly because i get it, I'm a Pantheist and this really resonates with the core of what i believe

[goog2k]

@PoFFizdaMan You're in good company with Einstein & Sagan.

"The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity." -- Albert Einstein

[Swamoez0rs]

Beautifully spoken as only Sagan could.

I miss him dearly.

[Ryagful]

hail the Pale Blue Dot and Carl Sagan!

[jasonjasonjason1]

RIP

[JeebJello]

There are things that are infinitely bigger, but there are also things that are infinitely smaller. Everything is relative, remember? Still a very very cool video, but not a huge wake-up call to appreciate our home (although we should do that anyway, of course).

[2plus2is9]

We are infinitely small. Our planet is not the center of the universe. From 4 billion miles away we appear to be a pale blue dot. And from further still...not even that.

However, we ARE in a privileged position. Because we are alive. Because we can make choices. We have the power to change things around us and within us.

(continues below)

[thequantumflux]

well said

[ZuKahta]

@2plus2is9 Just like Yakko said in his Universe Song from Animaniacs.

[2plus2is9]

The universe is vast, but also vastly empty and lifeless. Perhaps when you look up at the stars someone is staring back at you, but it is relatively rare.

I believe it is humanly impossible to fully appreciate how fantastically precious our time is on this planet.

[FreedomLiberty21]

I hope there is some life out there, somewhere in the universe.

Perhaps even in our own galaxy.

Maybe someday, we will at least have radio frequency contact through one of our satellites/observatories.

The universe is so enormous, we could probably never make physical contact.

[wiresinlove]

fantastic!

[NatiAlNatural]

I feel hope. I see a lot of people who never watched or payed atention to Carl Sagan, now, thanks to internet, are dicovering him.

Read his books, you'll love them. He was an intelligent man and a bright scientist. He also was the one to share his knowledge in plain words with ordinary people like us -not many scientists liked it. He made us love science and care about the world.

[thequantumflux]

Yeah I really looked up to him as a kid.

And I am so glad that so many others are still inspired to love science even after his death.

He will be missed but he left a wonderful legacy behind.

[NatiAlNatural]

Isn't it great that so many people remember him? When I saw your video first, I weeped. Then, I took Pale Blue Dot from the shelf. I'm re-reading it.

He was a great inspiration to me. I studied and loved science because of Cosmos. It changed my life, truly.

Thanks for this beautiful video, It reminded me of my roots -and I needed to be reminded.

Keep up the good work! I'll suscribe your chanel just in case you add something else.

[whatevtube]

I am one of the people who were introduced to Carl Sagan via the internet.

I hold onto this truth, of the pale blue dot upon which we live, very closely.

[ImaxDSHIFTJavier]

watch his movie(s) too. Contact is one of my absolute fav movies, simply for the messages it conveys. it blurrs that razor edge of faith and confidence. truly amazing movie. 2nd ONLY to the original Star Wars trilogy

[Michigan1985]

I'm 24, and only just discovered Carl Sagan a few years ago through the internet. I'm a huge fan.

[thequantumflux]

yeah he was great a real inspiration to me growing up.

[djvexd]

He is definatley a great inspiration my friend....enjoy his legacy.

[yoda2287]

That is deep! Loved it!

[ImaxDSHIFTJavier]

Carl Sagan was a genius. i never saw him in ANYTHING when he was alive, but i miss him now. brilliant tribute.

[MysticMadMaya]

Cool! Why would we want to ever live anywhere else. Gaia is sooo beautiful and unique in this huge universe!! I love living on this pale blue dot!

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

How on earth did this get over 7K views in only 2 days!?!? Also what did you use to upconvert the sourced video to HD?

[conman2317]

the entire universe was created from a tiny singularity.

[benthelush]

even less!

[happyinnanaimo]

Well done! Thank-you.

[alexcandy1411]

We live on that dot, and die on it...

[askegg]

It never gets old.

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[SassyClassLass]

Like it or not, regardless of images of media input, the words of this video ring so sad and so true. To ignore them is to place ones mind in the sand of time and pray it's not there because you can't see it.

[ladyrelena]

The bottom line here is to save this 'pale blue dot', our only home in the Universe. tvidie is right about our responsibility in taking care of each other and Earth.

About the corpses and stuff....well, in my own opinion, there's nothing wrong with that. I really didn't mind. But at least you have your point, Mr. JQisAwesome.

[koreanborn163]

wats the song?

[greencartel6]

tell me something i don't already know

[tvidie]

How ignorant are you people? This wasn't a video narrated by a filmmaker; this was a speech given by one of the most brilliant minds in history, Carl Sagan. He gave it during a commencement address; and his point wasn't overpopulation or politics.

His point is that the things we fight over on a national and world stage are absurd considering our place in the universe. His whole message here is that we have a responsibility to take care of each other and take care of this planet

[tiptonjw]

dont really know what this dude wants to say?? ultimately we mean nothing and that we are very cruel and nasty on the inside? meh, 3/5

[23230291959]

what's the music piece in the background?

[JQisAwesome]

this sucks.

the holocaust footage added to the narrative is tasteless, the carl sagan narration is old and well-known. this video fucking sucks.

[galept]

Tasteless? Did you want the author to attempt to have the same impact on the viewer by showing someone stealing a candy bar? This video is not just for those who have heard or read the narration before, you narrow minded twit.

[JQisAwesome]

You can achieve the same impact by showing Hitler, or Nazis marching, or at most- footage of skinny holocaust victims. But no, he shows burned, charred bodies for over 30 seconds, then cuts to a mass grave of rotting corpses- tasteless. I absolutely stand by that. Totally, completely tasteless. No subtlety. It had LESS IMPACT because it didn't make you stop and ponder the evil of mankind, it just grosses you out.

"...you narrow minded twit."

Fuck off.

[mechamat777]

Totally tasteless.

[nerphodic]

very good

[fbmarz]

I don't like that the only film footage chosen for this piece was Hilter and the Jewish tragedy. Sad.

[aarn321]

somewhere out there, there's other intelligence beings thinking these same exact things about themselves and their world.

[RSmerchants]

The earth cannot hold 6billion people, there will be something coming to us in the near future.

[djay91]

thanks for telling us jesus!

[jack19790]

swine flu baby!

[HurryUpBrett]

The earth is no where near overpopulated. Have you ever driven through Nebraska or Texas.There's plenty of room. Also, did you know that the entire earth's population can fit inside Pensacola Florida? twice?!

[FedExedYourFace1]

overpopulation has nothing to do with how many acres of land we can fit massive amounts of people on. overpopulation has to do with how many people can be supported by the available resources. you could easily fit 100 times the earth's population in the U.S but that doesn't mean they can survive.

[SamHj08]

I agree with you on your comment...but uhh "easily fit 100 times the earth's population in the U.S" ... nah, that's 700 Billion people. Don't count on that.

[Cookiekid369]

7 billion not 700

[dodow1234]

He's right, we have to break free from our own home world. Our civilization need to master the technology of speed light space travel before our sun decided to stop shining or our planet running out of resources. Maybe we need around 2000 years to achieve that, who knows? Just never gives up hope my fellow mankind. I believe there is another planet out there that can suport life as well as our earth.

[Moose2775]

I think aliens would of made contact with us by now if we werent truely alone

get over it people

[sprtn007]

are you crazy? Do you know how big the universe is? Do you know how many thousands (and millions) of years it would get to get to another part of the galaxy? We can rest assured there is other life but it's safe to say there's no intelligent life close enough to us.

[wallyburns]

It is just wrong for you not to credit Carl Saga. if you had any class, you would change the title to "Carl Sagan - The Pale Blue Dot." what you did with a couple images was minimal at best.

[thequantumflux]

I guess you didn't read the beginning or recognize the voice? Maybe didn't look at my channel and see it among my Sagan playlist?

Nope lets just be a douche and find something to complain about.

[ImTheMostViewed]

We will never stop fighting one another until we truly understand we are truly all equal, we are all equally hear nothing changes that and nothing separates us, not religion, not race, nothing.

[Gerafix]

Indeed, we are all Homo sapien. I guess we have to wait for speciation for definable separation. Then we'll have "speciasts" instead of "racists."

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

The term you might be reaching for is "speciesist". It's already in use. I fact, Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan have mentioned it several times, as has Dawkins.

[romnick1918]

good!

[angelghat]

epic

[Tobydelaroka]

we're alone after all :(

[thequantumflux]

not necessarily :)

[dodow1234]

For now! Who knows maybe we are the most intelligent being in our galaxy right now, and the other next intelligent being stil crawling in the form of microscopic bacteria in another planet, just like us a couple hundred million years ago

[DawnDuskDeath]

I love this video. It's so... moving.

and what is the song? it sounds so familiar.

[thequantumflux]

I dont know i found it among my music collection and the file only said classical 2, whatever that means.

[jimmylee9]

THIS VIDEO :) IS GDD

[CousinoMacul]

Excelent!

[lednerg]

Intensely moving. Thank you very much.

[oisiaa]

Fabulous video! You need to become a narrator!

[thequantumflux]

lol thanks but its Carl Sagan's voice, I just added the images and music.

Glad you enjoyed

[KingHeathen]

YEAH! A new Qflux video!

About freakin' time!

; )

[thequantumflux]

8 months to be exact... i have more time now so i'll be making new one soon.

[KingHeathen]

hells yeah!  glad to see you back at it!

rock on, my friend.

[philhellenes]

I think that has to go into my favourites. Edited like a pro. :)

[thequantumflux]

Thanks Phil you have always been good for my ego :)

[minorityFILMS]

That was amazing. I absolutely loved it.

[thequantumflux]

Thank you XD

[premed2]

Your Sagan impersonation is spot on. :P

[thequantumflux]

lol XD

[Ujikaweapon1]

Excellent.

[wowthungsten]

It is simply impossible to exaggerate how profoundly great Carl Sagan was as a teacher. His are words for the ages.

I miss you dearly, Professor.

Thank you for posting Quantumflux.

[thequantumflux]

We will all miss him, he was an inspiration to so many.

thanks for watching :)

[onlywhenprovoked]

that was really good.

i must admit, i am not familiar with sagans work

thanks for sharing this.

[websnarf]

Well then you have a homework assignment then don't you?

[RabidApe]

right on!

there is no such thing as "too much Pale Blue Dot"!

[thequantumflux]

So true my friend