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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:03 AM Original message |
A little perspective for everyone in the form of a Pale Blue Dot |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wow! Gorgeous. If do blow up the planet - the rest of the Universe |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes it will be. |
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Dem Agog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. My favorite poem ever... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I like that. |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. Great quote by Sagan... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. So do I. |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. His mini-series Cosmos broke me out of my self induced trance... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It's being replayed on The Science Channel |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. I credit Carl Sagan (and Isaac Asimov) for instilling in me |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I've never had a head for science... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. . |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. Fantastic. Everyone should keep this in mind. Our place in the universe |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. No problem. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. We live on a grain of sand... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yes we better. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Some people think the stake is "me", others think the stake is "we".... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I just think the stake is |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Ummm, that would be "we" |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Lol, I guess I was thinking more in terms of 'we and then some.' |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Kinda puts things in perspective..... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. No problem. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is great. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. If you like Dr. Sagan, his show 'Cosmos' is being replayed |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Hey, question for you--off topic |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yeah, let me look it up. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Oh cool! |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. No problem. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Space is big, really big" |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Oh yes. I'm not as familiar with Douglas Adams |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Now that you mention it, I read that book when I was a kid. |
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Freedomfried (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
22. Humans beings are nothing more than spores of a parasitic fungus |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I hope you're wrong... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. . |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
29. Yup, great perspective. We are star stuff, that's some |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. As an atheist I do take comfort in that. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. I like the fact that it is blue. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yep. Even from 4 billion miles away you can see our oceans. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Excellent post. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
41. . |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
42. Thanks. |
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