Cosmos Episode 5: Blues for a Red Planet Part 1 of 7

Is there life on Mars? Dr. Sagan takes viewers on a tour of the red planet first through the eyes of science fiction authors, and then through the unblinking eyes of two Viking spacecrafts that have sent thousands of pictures of the stunning Martian landscape back to Earth since 1976. Though based on older Mars missions, Sagan's analysis still holds true.

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• Red
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[Crazygeneral]

I wish more people would watch these videos.

[tuotierugif]

Yes, Carl Sagan only owned one outfit in his lifetime.

:P

[pulsarcolosal]

@psodDNS727327 i know, i love it, it sounds kinda like "marrooned" from pink floyd

[VisceralMajesty]

That was a pretty creative montage sequence during the first War of the Worlds narration, showing the telescopic technology of the "martians", and using a frog eye to represent a martian eye.

[psodDNS727327]

What's the name of the song that plays after the opening?That's an amazing guitar solo!

[Rolistem]

The best Oppenning of The War of The Worlds!

[CRISNCHIPS12398]

Sagan gives me an intellectual boner.

[longtermeffect]

If I had to watch one television series for the rest of my life, it would be Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Hands down.

[jeevesbond]

@legoflamb Considering this was made in 1980, I expected a soundtrack that consisted of the worst of the 70s and the worst of the 80s combined. I'm *so* glad that didn't happen.

It actually seems like they put a lot of effort into making this timeless, not tying it into any era.

It's an excellent bit of film making.

[scienceandreasoniluv]

Its the uman race not the human race. : D

[Lemunde]

Plutonians are teh suck!

[legoflamb]

Is that Holst I hear yes, yes it is. They really chose a good soundtrack.