Carl Sagan unveils the Pale Blue Dot image
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- čas přidán 13. 02. 2020
- 30 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took an image of our home planet from 6.4 billion kilometers away. Our co-founder Carl Sagan eloquently described what that image meant for humanity.
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If only more humans were immersed in the knowledge of our own insignificance, might we work together to be more significant.
Class~ we are created by God for significance. Life is precious as is our planet and the slim circumstances that make life possible.
Is that quote accreditable to someone or is that a small slice of your own genius?
@@grahamjay666 why do you have to make things religious all the time?
@@wubbalubbadubdub64 Mainly fear lol. Because they can't deal with the notion that the universe doesn't revolve around us nor was created for us.
Perfectly said, But we so distracted by our own intelligence we forget the bigger picture😮💨🌍🤯
Best photograph ever taken, tied only with the Hubble Deep Field. Where science and art and philosophy collide.
This is the most beautiful comment I've read in a long time.
@@mightychondriaofthecell3317 Agreed. Beautiful words!
The deep field blows my mind. Pale blue dot and his speech make me cry.
I’d say the black marble is slightly more beautiful than the Hubble deep field photo, but that’s a whole set of photos
Wow!
Carl Sagan is one of my heroes. He speaks for Earth. If extraterrestrials were to encounter humans I would want Carl to speak for us.
They already have Anthony. They're just not telling us. I have had ufo encounters and my friends have had encounters with the Tall Ones and the Greys. The Vatican knows all about them and of course the Elite Military who inform some of the government officials including some Presidents.
Thankfully Sir David Attenborough is still going.
@@royw-g3120 Kyle Hill is an up n comer with similar traits and he looks like he's only in his 20's...let's hope his work gains traction, for the benefit of all.
@@carlsaganlives5112He's in his mid30's iirc
Happy birthday, Carl Sagan. That pale blue dot was immeasurably enriched by your life and works. Your memory continues to be a blessing.
I miss this incredible man everyday and will do for the rest of my life
Carl Sagan is one of my favourite person ever. The main reason is not that he was a brilliant scientist, or writer or communicator etc. But that you can feel and see, he has all the best intentions. He has love for humankind, and kindly helping everyone the ways he was able to. This is sadly super rare.
How do you KNOW that's rare... my friend how co you think humans got this far? They helped, hoped and held each other. Stop making things up.
@@cliffdariff74 We all are only guessing :) But I am not saying you stop saying anything...
Hear, hear!! He should be on Mt. Rushmore - or better, have his own - but he would be vehemently opposed on so many levels. An unparalleled sage, humanitarian, brilliant scientist, author, provoker of thought, uncommonly succinct orator, general all-around great guy...
What an amazing human he was. One of the greats.
Definitely not.
@@mathyre232 Speak for yourself.
Such a beautiful and humbling view of where we are in the universe
I can't tell if this is a typo...
@@ab-dc4id It was.
There have been many beautiful words written throughout the ages. Some by famous people, some by simple folk. But Mr. Sagan's encapsulation of both the obvious insignificance of our species, the futility, and yes, even the hope, are without equal in the pantheon of thought.
One of the all time great pictures. A photo of almost nothing, and at the same time everything.
So well spoken. A true gentleman of our cosmos. R.I.P. Carl.
Happy birthday, Dr Sagan. I wish you were still with us.
Carl Sagan was one of my heroes. The world is a little darker without him in it.
He’s been one of mine since I first saw, as a 15yo boy in 1980 an astonishing TV show called….Cosmos.
I discovered Carl only recently during the pandemic, Wow a treasure trove of information, some of which has been since factually corrected as tech and space probes improved over the years. I'm sure that's what carl intended too. The narration quality and his voice in cosmos has a kind of spiritual experience on the listener. : )
'Cosmos' is an amazing book along with his others.
A true astronomer poet, whether intentional or not. His passion and eloquence should make us all strive to be the best we can be.
The original cosmos series is phenomenal
I've known about him since I was a kid. I watched his Cosmos series many times.
Should put that on a flag for every school in the country
Unforgettable iconic and very moving image of our planet. Thanks to visionary Carl Sagan.
Thanks Carl for the most wonderful and introspective photo ever taken in the entire history of space exploration...
Excuse you, but it's Dr. Carl Sagan. What makes you think you can call a renown astronomer simply by his first name?
Such a beautiful image, revealed by such a beautiful mind. I miss Sagan. :(
The most beautiful photograph ever taken, and the most beautiful speech ever given in human history.
Thanks for posting.
Brave! So nostalgic. 🥺
RIP legend. Carl Sagan
This teaching of "our" world needs to be mandatory for every human being. Imagine if we actually respected our planet and others.
I would love to see the fotage of the whole press conference.
In your similar video of two years ago we can see a bit more.
Carl Sagan, what an inspiration.
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I miss him so much and the sound of his voice 😢😢😢😢
Watch CZcams, you will not miss him
The fact that we are so rare in our universe and yet everyday the only thing you hear over and over again is war and death in our tiny dot is just so heartbreaking😢💔
Only the earth rise over the surface of the moon, comes close.
Hail the Pale Blue Dot!
I love Carl Sagan work.
It was an utter tragedy for the USA that he died so young. We have been so fortunate in the UK to have sir David Attenborough and other broadcasters educating people.
Carl Sagan is my hero
“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.” carl sagan
Tremendously powerful and moving. It would be nice if the information for this video could state the exact date and location (I assume maybe JPL in Pasadena?) where Sagan gave this speech. Was this actually the occasion when the image was first unveiled or perhaps a later speech he gave about it? These things are historically important and should be specified. UPDATE: I see that another video of this same wonderful short speech, posted by the Planetary Society a few years earlier (with a much more annoying and distracting "jazzy" music background), gives the date as June 6, 1990. I have not verified that date but it is helpful that they provided it.
Where can I find the full video? I would love to see it!
amazing how a low-res image (taken with the technical at the time) speaks so much volume and still resonates today.
Chokes me up every time
Beautiful!
I miss the feeling of wonder this man made me feel as a child.
CARL SAGAN. he has my vote for one of the greatest human beings of our planet ever.
Amazing
A very profound presentation. RIP Carl Sagan.
It's a very small stage in a great cosmic arena
hey, does someone know the song from the background?
I'm trying to find out too!
Carl Sagan was a truly remarkable mind who the world greatly benefited from knowing, but sadly misses in his absence. For those wondering about the song its by : Beneath the Mountain - Hammer and Felt . May you get the same happiness and joy from this song I do 🙏 God Bless
I recently obtained a copy of 'Cosmos' by Dr. Sagan and have been enjoying every single page.
Watch the series too. It is a classic in science.
The whole speech.
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 1934-1996
I watched the complete video and in it they said that they wanted NASA to turn the camera around to take a pic of earth, they refused, until Carl Sagan requested that it should be done and then it was done!
And here we are….just waiting to start another world war, to make sure that climate change doesn’t get us .
33 years later, we have not asborbed the message of this picture...
I fully understand.. and I also understand there are others out there..
The Grace of our God is amazing
I love Carl Sagan 🎈
Carl had an ability to make the average person understand complex scientific things and teach them why it was important in our lives to know these things. A Great Man. An American legend. I miss his voice in our world today….. 🍻😎
What a great man.
UNSTOPPABLE
Epic
Love.
Breaks my heart that all humans want to do is WAR with each other over petty reasons while still oblivious to the great words of a man like carl's Sagan.....
Stop. Please. Nonsense.
Makasih
A man who thought outside the box, who from my understanding had to convince NASA to step back from pure science and have the spacecraft point its cameras back at Earth so we could see ourselves in the context/background of everything.
I wished he was still around, as 2025 will be the year we will have our last contact with the Voyager-1, he should have been here for it's final farewell
GOD BLESS U U DEMONSTRATE HOW SHORT OUR LIFE IS AND WE SHOULD LIVE IN HARMANY AND PEACE AND LOVE OBE ANOTHER NOT HATE ONE ANOTHER
If I was omnipotent I would go back and grab Carl Sagan and bring him to modern day Nasa or Space X or a museum to show him just how far we've come.
❤From 🇱🇰
He never got to see the finished film Contact. When my mom watched it here at home, she felt Dr. Sagan standing behind her, smiling. She wrote this to his wife. If anybody can travel through space and time, I am sure he can.
Yes it is 🌎
Sagan, kau kan selalu diingat
I come back to this video every single day. He was such a great man. And this video makes me so grateful to be alive. It "underscores" the mystery and pure beauty of the cosmos Carl wanted us all to see. I think ive found my favorite video of all time
Tragedy for the US he died so young, a strong and poetic voice of reason who could have inspired another generation of thinkers.
No we just don't have others like him
My role model.
Does anybody know the background song?
This guy is a LEGEND ❤
💙💙💙
CARL SAGAN. he has my vote for one of the greatest human beings of our planet.
Does any one knows the background used in this video?
This insignificance is relieving though
Oh, so that's why the song is called that, thanks youtube
Profound.....
Can anyone please, please tell me the music used in this clip!? Thank you :)
Hammer and Felt - Beneath The Mountain
@@Taking8DKD you're 3 weeks too late. But I forgot to share with everyone on here. Thank you though :)
The music was irritating beyond measure
@@workdevice7808 not at all. . .it added to this clip.
I need help , where is mars relative to earth in this picture ? Is it even further away or too small ?
Dotty Blue. 🔵
What’s the name of the background song?
❤️👏🏻..
Background music ?
Why do these videos always have to have overly loud music. Why drowned out the words of such a knowledgeable and famous scientist?
If all politicians spoke like this, the world would be a better place
That's not what their contributors are asking for....
Soundtrack?
Can someone tell me what's that background track called?
Beneath the mountain
@@chickendipper368 my brother you are an actual hero 🙌 🙏
Like Carl Sagan said….Let us preserve and cherish the only home we have! Let’s not take Earth for granted, for it is so precious, that it can be gone in a blink of an eye…May there be peace and may humankind protect all the natural resources that the Earth provides!
I luv earth
I'm not crying
Nor am I..........
💜💥
👍
If anyone ever fails a test in school, argues about politics, complains about inflation, or gets offended by something someone else said, show them this video.
Some say that carl sagan will one day return and teach us how to save the earth.
Who gave this video a thumbs down?!?
Anyone know the background music?
Its by: Beneath the mountain - Hammer and Felt :) its truly beautiful. Enjoy
We are just one out of many planets that exist out in the vast cosmic sea of space. There could be other planets out there that could have life.
Correct!
Proof that we must follow our scientific breakthroughs with any and all art that can be made from it. Lest our wisdom fall behind.
Lest we continue to hasten our doom ... 😞
Is it normal to cry watching this ? 😂😂😂
" the only home we have "
That one really hit hard 🤧
We got humbled, where are we bro
Anyone know if there's the press conference video on here without the mushy music? the music is too loud, its annoying. I just want the guy giving the press conference without the jazz man