The Hawk
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I don't think it provides a very good perspective on distances though.Watched the news tonight and thought to myself: "What a bunch we are, the human race in general."
Then I looked at this picture again and hoped it would give me a better perspective of things:
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I've always thought Carl Sagan got it right. The photo was taken, on 14 February 1990, by Voyager 1 and picks out the Earth, caught in a sunbeam, from a distance of approximately 6 billion kilometres (3.7 billion miles). But it was more than just the photo. Carl had a way with words and a gift for telling stories, and it is his famous quote that sets the scene and puts humanity into perspective and context.
I've always believed everyone should read this quote (it is hung on my wall at home). If you'd rather listen to it, spoken by Carl, its here.