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A mote of dust suspended on a sunbeam

June 1st, 2009 Jumile

As you should know by now — as I’ve quoted him often enough — Carl Sagan is my hero. Here’s something beautiful, humbling and inspiring from a lecture he did in 1994, two years before his untimely death:

Carl Sagan quote

Hat tip to irReligion.

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  1. Rob
    June 9th, 2009 at 05:50 | #1
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    I love that quote. Here’s another image that I really like showing the Earth & Jupiter:

    http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/05/22/

  2. Jumile
    June 9th, 2009 at 11:40 | #2
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    Yeah, that’s a nice image. Very cool considering it’s the first planetary conjunction captured on another planet!

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