Carl Sagan unveils the Pale Blue Dot image

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
  • 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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Комментарии • 271

  • @mike0rr
    @mike0rr 4 года назад +410

    Best photograph ever taken, tied only with the Hubble Deep Field. Where science and art and philosophy collide.

    • @mightychondriaofthecell3317
      @mightychondriaofthecell3317 3 года назад +12

      This is the most beautiful comment I've read in a long time.

    • @tinobassi59
      @tinobassi59 3 года назад +4

      @@mightychondriaofthecell3317 Agreed. Beautiful words!

    • @sol029
      @sol029 3 года назад +10

      The deep field blows my mind. Pale blue dot and his speech make me cry.

    • @fedoramaster6035
      @fedoramaster6035 2 года назад +2

      I’d say the black marble is slightly more beautiful than the Hubble deep field photo, but that’s a whole set of photos

    • @mikeallison5549
      @mikeallison5549 2 года назад +1

      Wow!

  • @Jason-ke4jf
    @Jason-ke4jf 4 года назад +818

    If only more humans were immersed in the knowledge of our own insignificance, might we work together to be more significant.

    • @grahamjay666
      @grahamjay666 4 года назад +8

      Class~ we are created by God for significance. Life is precious as is our planet and the slim circumstances that make life possible.

    • @davidwallin4515
      @davidwallin4515 4 года назад +26

      Is that quote accreditable to someone or is that a small slice of your own genius?

    • @wubbalubbadubdub64
      @wubbalubbadubdub64 3 года назад +29

      @@grahamjay666 why do you have to make things religious all the time?

    • @justaguy2365
      @justaguy2365 2 года назад +35

      @@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.

    • @minnathemartian5513
      @minnathemartian5513 2 года назад +7

      Perfectly said, But we so distracted by our own intelligence we forget the bigger picture😮‍💨🌍🤯

  • @Sonnell
    @Sonnell 6 месяцев назад +25

    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.

    • @cliffdariff74
      @cliffdariff74 4 месяца назад

      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.

    • @Sonnell
      @Sonnell 4 месяца назад

      @@cliffdariff74 We all are only guessing :) But I am not saying you stop saying anything...

    • @carlsaganlives5112
      @carlsaganlives5112 3 месяца назад +2

      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...

  • @antontonable
    @antontonable Год назад +175

    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.

    • @margueritearavena2256
      @margueritearavena2256 Год назад

      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.

    • @royw-g3120
      @royw-g3120 11 месяцев назад +8

      Thankfully Sir David Attenborough is still going.

    • @carlsaganlives5112
      @carlsaganlives5112 3 месяца назад +1

      @@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.

    • @Mitchisable
      @Mitchisable 3 месяца назад

      ​@@carlsaganlives5112He's in his mid30's iirc

    • @claudiamanta1943
      @claudiamanta1943 Месяц назад

      Do you think that aliens would show up to speak to important political and scientific figures? 😃 They’re not stupid.

  • @tinkertailor3680
    @tinkertailor3680 4 года назад +156

    I miss this incredible man everyday and will do for the rest of my life

  • @sonderjack
    @sonderjack Год назад +62

    Happy birthday, Carl Sagan. That pale blue dot was immeasurably enriched by your life and works. Your memory continues to be a blessing.

  • @renk.574
    @renk.574 4 года назад +151

    What an amazing human he was. One of the greats.

  • @troughle
    @troughle 4 года назад +74

    Such a beautiful and humbling view of where we are in the universe

    • @ab-dc4id
      @ab-dc4id 4 года назад +1

      I can't tell if this is a typo...

    • @troughle
      @troughle 4 года назад +3

      @@ab-dc4id It was.

  • @cyderman69
    @cyderman69 3 года назад +50

    One of the all time great pictures. A photo of almost nothing, and at the same time everything.

  • @therealtampadude9175
    @therealtampadude9175 Год назад +13

    Carl Sagan was one of my heroes. The world is a little darker without him in it.

    • @rickysharns2545
      @rickysharns2545 Год назад +2

      He’s been one of mine since I first saw, as a 15yo boy in 1980 an astonishing TV show called….Cosmos.

  • @a.duncan6791
    @a.duncan6791 Год назад +11

    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.

  • @mattwaters6987
    @mattwaters6987 8 месяцев назад +7

    So well spoken. A true gentleman of our cosmos. R.I.P. Carl.

  • @RobinsonSue
    @RobinsonSue 9 месяцев назад +6

    Happy birthday, Dr Sagan. I wish you were still with us.

  • @rextan9443
    @rextan9443 3 года назад +18

    Thanks Carl for the most wonderful and introspective photo ever taken in the entire history of space exploration...

    • @parinpatel5719
      @parinpatel5719 9 месяцев назад

      Excuse you, but it's Dr. Carl Sagan. What makes you think you can call a renown astronomer simply by his first name?

  • @phonotical
    @phonotical 4 года назад +17

    Should put that on a flag for every school in the country

  • @sainaths.r2084
    @sainaths.r2084 3 года назад +49

    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. : )

    • @w3tua
      @w3tua 2 года назад +2

      'Cosmos' is an amazing book along with his others.

    • @WhiteDwarfVR4
      @WhiteDwarfVR4 Год назад +2

      A true astronomer poet, whether intentional or not. His passion and eloquence should make us all strive to be the best we can be.

    • @jaygee6738
      @jaygee6738 Год назад

      The original cosmos series is phenomenal

    • @MrFossil367ab45gfyth
      @MrFossil367ab45gfyth Год назад

      I've known about him since I was a kid. I watched his Cosmos series many times.

  • @pietjepuk372
    @pietjepuk372 Год назад +14

    Unforgettable iconic and very moving image of our planet. Thanks to visionary Carl Sagan.

  • @ItsJustMe0585
    @ItsJustMe0585 3 года назад +20

    Such a beautiful image, revealed by such a beautiful mind. I miss Sagan. :(

  • @aritheasei3657
    @aritheasei3657 Год назад +2

    The most beautiful photograph ever taken, and the most beautiful speech ever given in human history.

  • @sly2392
    @sly2392 8 месяцев назад +2

    CARL SAGAN. he has my vote for one of the greatest human beings of our planet ever.

  • @ovelhum
    @ovelhum 4 года назад +13

    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.

    • @antoineallard8788
      @antoineallard8788 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/ZQCTgCF8Khk/видео.html&ab_channel=perhaps

  • @mrespanfanx
    @mrespanfanx 18 дней назад

    RIP Carl Sagan, you were a brilliantly illuminating human being and teacher. May we someday learn and live in peace with nature and with each other at last.

  • @lc3763
    @lc3763 3 года назад +6

    This teaching of "our" world needs to be mandatory for every human being. Imagine if we actually respected our planet and others.

  • @royw-g3120
    @royw-g3120 5 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @jovanyt6680
    @jovanyt6680 Год назад +2

    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😢💔

  • @kenn743
    @kenn743 6 месяцев назад +2

    “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

  • @mihaelsubert9081
    @mihaelsubert9081 4 года назад +13

    I miss him so much and the sound of his voice 😢😢😢😢

    • @gulabjamun6897
      @gulabjamun6897 3 года назад +1

      Watch RUclips, you will not miss him

  • @rayannemoreira1347
    @rayannemoreira1347 4 года назад +5

    Brave! So nostalgic. 🥺

  • @noahtheguy1828
    @noahtheguy1828 4 месяца назад +2

    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.

  • @nicholasmaude6906
    @nicholasmaude6906 18 дней назад

    Carl Sagan died before his time, I'd loved to have met him when he was alive. I remember as a boy (I was about eight) when I first watched "Cosmos" and that TV series blew me away.

  • @javiercastro8466
    @javiercastro8466 6 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @jenry2010
    @jenry2010 2 года назад +4

    I love Carl Sagan work.

  • @glendanielson9006
    @glendanielson9006 Месяц назад

    Carl Sagan was wonderful! Gone But Never Forgotten!!! ♥ 🌹

  • @abdulqudz89
    @abdulqudz89 7 месяцев назад

    amazing how a low-res image (taken with the technical at the time) speaks so much volume and still resonates today.

  • @MaryJaneHancock
    @MaryJaneHancock 4 года назад +5

    Thanks for posting.

  • @WeazelJaguar
    @WeazelJaguar 4 года назад +11

    Only the earth rise over the surface of the moon, comes close.
    Hail the Pale Blue Dot!

  • @w3tua
    @w3tua 2 года назад +2

    I recently obtained a copy of 'Cosmos' by Dr. Sagan and have been enjoying every single page.

  • @sunjaykalsi3266
    @sunjaykalsi3266 7 часов назад

    Karl’s wisdom will live on forever

  • @r.i.p.volodya
    @r.i.p.volodya 26 дней назад

    Wonderful to see the great man present this image himself.

  • @Ganymede1001
    @Ganymede1001 7 месяцев назад +1

    I miss the feeling of wonder this man made me feel as a child.

  • @bryan.h.wildenthal
    @bryan.h.wildenthal Год назад +3

    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.

  • @wienerdogsrule621
    @wienerdogsrule621 2 года назад +3

    Carl Sagan is my hero

  • @chazlabreck
    @chazlabreck 8 месяцев назад +1

    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.....

  • @chickendinner8516
    @chickendinner8516 11 месяцев назад +2

    "It's a very small stage in a great cosmic arena"

  • @leroykincaide
    @leroykincaide Год назад +2

    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

  • @Dexter_x
    @Dexter_x 3 года назад +3

    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

  • @derekgibson3859
    @derekgibson3859 5 месяцев назад

    A very profound presentation. RIP Carl Sagan.

  • @eroberegan
    @eroberegan Год назад +2

    33 years later, we have not asborbed the message of this picture...

  • @lawrencegbailey5212
    @lawrencegbailey5212 4 года назад +6

    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.

  • @topcat43truffles15
    @topcat43truffles15 4 месяца назад

    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….. 🍻😎

  • @AlfredoSegundo81
    @AlfredoSegundo81 3 года назад +4

    Where can I find the full video? I would love to see it!

  • @ashokkumar-zw8vi
    @ashokkumar-zw8vi 3 месяца назад +1

    RIP legend. Carl Sagan

  • @Sam-me5tf
    @Sam-me5tf Год назад +3

    The Grace of our God is amazing

  • @deadeyeandi8282
    @deadeyeandi8282 4 года назад +7

    hey, does someone know the song from the background?

  • @user-um8jj4sn7p
    @user-um8jj4sn7p 3 месяца назад

    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

  • @kirk4086
    @kirk4086 9 дней назад

    I have the picture hanging in my home...you would be surprised how many people didn't know what it was about...

  • @pokeynewsome2804
    @pokeynewsome2804 3 месяца назад

    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.

  • @knowpassword
    @knowpassword 2 года назад +2

    I fully understand.. and I also understand there are others out there..

  • @mauriceogrady4447
    @mauriceogrady4447 20 дней назад

    Wonderful and mesmerising man

  • @adarshsr8015
    @adarshsr8015 4 года назад +8

    This guy is a LEGEND ❤

  • @NorthJerseyJedi
    @NorthJerseyJedi 3 дня назад

    What music is this? So good!

  • @shaheednoor9983
    @shaheednoor9983 2 месяца назад +1

    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

  • @RobinsonSue
    @RobinsonSue 9 месяцев назад

    Chokes me up every time

  • @sly2392
    @sly2392 8 месяцев назад

    CARL SAGAN. he has my vote for one of the greatest human beings of our planet.

  • @morgan4212
    @morgan4212 7 дней назад

    Thznk you Mr. Sagan

  • @royw-g3120
    @royw-g3120 Год назад +3

    Tragedy for the US he died so young, a strong and poetic voice of reason who could have inspired another generation of thinkers.

  • @johnarnold893
    @johnarnold893 5 месяцев назад

    Why do these videos always have to have overly loud music. Why drowned out the words of such a knowledgeable and famous scientist?

  • @stardust3532
    @stardust3532 4 года назад +3

    Epic

  • @cubedpotatoeshd2479
    @cubedpotatoeshd2479 4 года назад +2

    Oh, so that's why the song is called that, thanks youtube

  • @janice8523
    @janice8523 8 месяцев назад

    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!

  • @catmccabe400
    @catmccabe400 2 месяца назад

    I love Carl Sagan 🎈

  • @moonshoes11
    @moonshoes11 2 месяца назад

    Hail Sagan!

  • @LordTalax
    @LordTalax 2 года назад +1

    What a great man.

  • @taffbanjo
    @taffbanjo 7 месяцев назад

    Beautiful!

  • @SUPREME-SCIENCE
    @SUPREME-SCIENCE 2 года назад +1

    UNSTOPPABLE

  • @tarunsharma194
    @tarunsharma194 7 месяцев назад

    This insignificance is relieving though

  • @spenpinner
    @spenpinner 8 месяцев назад

    Some say that carl sagan will one day return and teach us how to save the earth.

  • @qanitaahsan4485
    @qanitaahsan4485 3 года назад +1

    Amazing

  • @catmccabe400
    @catmccabe400 2 месяца назад

    Yes it is 🌎

  • @sharons5714
    @sharons5714 Месяц назад +1

    I don’t think Carl Sagan would be happy about how we have allowed climate change to get this bad. RIP Carl.

  • @USS-SNAKE-ISLAND
    @USS-SNAKE-ISLAND 4 года назад +1

    Love.

  • @lifewriter7455
    @lifewriter7455 3 месяца назад

    Dotty Blue. 🔵

  • @RZY27
    @RZY27 2 года назад +1

    Makasih

  • @ttride1115
    @ttride1115 Год назад +1

    Does anybody know the background song?

  • @ronn0verse
    @ronn0verse Год назад

    Background music ?

  • @bluepieouo
    @bluepieouo 6 месяцев назад

    What’s the name of the background song?

  • @ireshaanuruddha8232
    @ireshaanuruddha8232 Год назад

    ❤From 🇱🇰

  • @datboidego
    @datboidego 4 года назад +1

    My role model.

  • @MrFossil367ab45gfyth
    @MrFossil367ab45gfyth 2 года назад +2

    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.

  • @Renard380
    @Renard380 2 года назад +4

    If all politicians spoke like this, the world would be a better place

    • @Bluegrassriver8
      @Bluegrassriver8 Год назад

      That's not what their contributors are asking for....

  • @robinhannon3488
    @robinhannon3488 4 года назад +3

    Can anyone please, please tell me the music used in this clip!? Thank you :)

    • @Taking8DKD
      @Taking8DKD 3 года назад +3

      Hammer and Felt - Beneath The Mountain

    • @robinhannon3488
      @robinhannon3488 3 года назад

      @@Taking8DKD you're 3 weeks too late. But I forgot to share with everyone on here. Thank you though :)

    • @workdevice7808
      @workdevice7808 3 года назад

      The music was irritating beyond measure

    • @robinhannon3488
      @robinhannon3488 3 года назад +1

      @@workdevice7808 not at all. . .it added to this clip.

  • @hatdownlowofficial
    @hatdownlowofficial 7 месяцев назад

    Is it normal to cry watching this ? 😂😂😂

  • @apothecurio
    @apothecurio Год назад

    Proof that we must follow our scientific breakthroughs with any and all art that can be made from it. Lest our wisdom fall behind.

  • @naveen.daniel
    @naveen.daniel 4 года назад +3

    💙💙💙

  • @David-fu4vi
    @David-fu4vi 3 месяца назад

    Profound.....

  • @gamble845
    @gamble845 2 года назад +1

    Who gave this video a thumbs down?!?

  • @jovanyt6680
    @jovanyt6680 Год назад +2

    " the only home we have "
    That one really hit hard 🤧

  • @oliverrasmussen4777
    @oliverrasmussen4777 2 месяца назад

    I Googled "the pale blue dot" and at first i couldn't find it because the milkyway was linear to the crack on my screen🤔

  • @zhenlim4422
    @zhenlim4422 2 года назад

    Sagan, kau kan selalu diingat

  • @electronwave4551
    @electronwave4551 3 месяца назад

    Don't misunderstand me, I get the point Sagan makes.
    However, the comparative small size of the pale blue dot is part of the problem. People with ego and power can have dominion over large swathes of it. Others can influence a large proportion of minds. Those seeking to impose their influence invariably tread upon others to achieve it. There is no escape.