Finding Carl Sagan's Resting Place 2

This is the other half of the video, so that those who want to pay their respects may more easily do so. Once you know the way, it's very easy to do. Otherwise...

Also shown are the resting places of Carl's parents, and his mother-in-law Pearl Druyan (mother of Ann Druyan). They raised their kids right.

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[caseyg5]

I have an old photo of his gravesite before the stone was placed where a young child, I assume, had placed a radio telescope constructed by Legos. Now that was moving.

[SardonicusRexx]

Did you take that photo yourself? Or find it online?

[caseyg5]

I did a newsletter where I wrote an obituary of Carl and a subscriber sent a couple of grave site shots not long after burial.

[SardonicusRexx]

Was his name Dave B.?

[makedonas86]

why did you step on his grave??? man that is so uncool

[SardonicusRexx]

I did feel uncomfortable about that.  However, Carl would be the first one to point out that the dead are unaware and therefore probably take no offense.

[thingsihaveseen2]

Thanks for this, so strange to see his grave, I've driven from Niagara Falls to New York must have passed near Ithaca, if I get in range again, I'll definitely go. It's odd this desire us humans have to feel a physical presence of the dead, not sure I'll take a marble, possibly getting a bit mystic for me, but having said that, if a saw a dandelion seed nearby, I would just have to sit next to his grave and let it go in the breeze.

[reuven1967]

Very moving. Thanks for posting. It allow those who can't personally go themselves, to "visit" the resting place of a great man.

[chikito72]

Great video and great tribute for a great man and teacher

[AstronomySetMeFree]

Why the need to visit his grave? In my opinion its bordering on the behaviour of the superstitious. For me it has parallels in visiting Mecca or the grave of a Christian saint. Carl Sagan was an amazing man and I credit him with pulling me out of the haze of religion, but I would argue that the time and money spent on visiting where his body is interned would be better spent on learning more about the cosmos or donating to a charity or organisation that Carl would approve of.

[yu244720]

This is one of my personal goals in life - to visit this man's final resting place.

[thesmart358]

@prankmakers95 He has one that I know of. Nick Sagan.

[prankmakers95]

did carl sagan have kids?

[mandolinroad]

What are you talking about?

[mandolinroad]

He didn't strike me as the kind of guy who would want a huge monument. He was just a human albeit a thinking one.

[1a2b3cdf3]

wow alot of people sure like to dance on the mans grave, iv seen coulntless videos like this....  What Would Sagan Do?

i wonder if he would stand on a mans grave.

[Autostream]

harry potter is buried in Ithaca only in the book, right? The real harry potter is buried in Israel..?

[caseyg5]

Correct.