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Humanity "Pale Blue Dot"
Look again at that dot. That's here, that's home, that's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there -- on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known. Carl Sagan

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[VenusDeArt]

Wonderful ! And so true....If only all eyes could see that little blue circle from the distance, maybe then brain could signal the mind for a different more positive mindset! Heartfelt and profound subject. Great editing too. Best wishes..

[Thomasp671]

Thanks Very Much For The Comment, This Is How I See Our Tiny World... In This Video... I Wish All Humanity Would See How Ignorant We All Really Are... How Much We Need To Learn... Not Just From Our Tiny Planet... But About Ourselves.... How We Can Be Better Stewards Of Our Tiny World....And Better Stewards Towards Each Other. Thanks Again.

Tom And Lyn Thomasp671

[elkhoulybros]

Amazing video.

[Thomasp671]

Thanks My friend And brother For that Comment You have a Good day and always May God Bless You and your Family.  Tom And Lyn Thomasp671

[Josef Klenovský]

It's a great combination of compelling images Tom, great idea !!!

[Thomasp671]

Thanks Josef, I sent you a personal message in your inbox thanks again Tom And Lyn Thomasp671

[lovegermanshepherds]

You are so right my new friend

One cannot watch this without tears whether visible or within one's heart

A quote from MLK Jr comes to mind

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity"

And to survive we all must do that

Hugs and many thanks to you

This video should be a part of every "humanities" class

Cheyenne

[oldcomic1]

Powerful stuff

[fsrio]

Wonderful video ! :-)

*****

[coolbrobunny]

I love everyone on this planet, but I hurt so much because I honestley believe we will destroy ourselves one way or another. iv lost my hope a long time ago:'(

[Mo Ahmed]

Survival of humanity?! Nice video but All things have a Beginning and an End!!!!

[Phoenix2o1o]

Oh. my God. I'm lost for words. WOW !