A pale blue dot.
On first impressions this image may look fairly indistinct, but in reality it is perhaps one of the most important photographs ever taken. The tiny blue-white dot, halfway down the brown streak on the right is actually our home planet, the Earth, floating in the dark depths of space, photographed by NASAâs Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1990 from a record distance of 3.7 billion miles. Astronomer Carl Sagan requested that the picture be taken, and he subsequently reflected that âall of human history has happened on that tiny pixel, which is our only home.â
A seemingly "run of the mill" photo, until the explanation is read & understood. This really brings home the concept of being a VERY, VERY SMALL part of the universe, doesn't it ??
Mr Bombastic wrote:
On first impressions this image may look fairly indistinct, but in reality it is perhaps one of the most important photographs ever taken. The tiny blue-white dot, halfway down the brown streak on the right is actually our home planet, the Earth, floating in the dark depths of space, photographed by NASAâs Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1990 from a record distance of 3.7 billion miles. Astronomer Carl Sagan requested that the picture be taken, and he subsequently reflected that âall of human history has happened on that tiny pixel, which is our only home.â
On first impressions this image may look fairly in... (
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Gee, our earth is small but I can see you!! Hi there, why are you running around naked? Shame on you !!
SWMBO
no propaganda please wrote:
Gee, our earth is small but I can see you!! Hi there, why are you running around naked? Shame on you !!
SWMBO
Quit lookin at my ass, you pervert!
Mr Bombastic wrote:
Quit lookin at my ass, you pervert!
hey let us old ladies enjoy ourselves
SWMBO
no propaganda please wrote:
hey let us old ladies enjoy ourselves
SWMBO
I might not object, if you had an ass worth lookin' at, and didn't mind returning the favor.
Considering I am in my 70's I don't think so.
no propaganda please wrote:
Considering I am in my 70's I don't think so.
Well damn the luck! You must have had a nice butt at some point in time. Do you at least have some pictures I could see?
Mr Bombastic wrote:
Well damn the luck! You must have had a nice butt at some point in time. Do you at least have some pictures I could see?
No, don't have any baby pictures of me at all, bearskin rug or not.
no propaganda please wrote:
Gee, our earth is small but I can see you!! Hi there, why are you running around naked? Shame on you !!
SWMBO
lololol, SWMBO, you do say the funniest things~~~~
lindajoy wrote:
lololol, SWMBO, you do say the funniest things~~~~
I wasn't naked! Just saying. Unless she was looking in the bathroom window. I need to get those curtains fixed someday.
lindajoy wrote:
lololol, SWMBO, you do say the funniest things~~~~
Just because I am old doesn't mean I have to give up my warped sense of humor does it?
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Mr Bombastic wrote:
I wasn't naked! Just saying. Unless she was looking in the bathroom window. I need to get those curtains fixed someday.
Oh, I surely bet you were!!!!
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