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CFCYYZ t1_j893923 wrote

>It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building
experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of
human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it
underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and
to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever
known.

- Carl Sagan Full text

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Sunnyjim333 t1_j8bue03 wrote

Just think, that little dot is every thing and person that ever was, it is our only home.

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AudiB9S4 t1_j88f3cq wrote

I don’t see our moon. Maybe in the original high-res version?

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Rifletree OP t1_j88f9ac wrote

It's there...just look to the left of Earth. A tiny, gray dot.

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Alysoid0_0 t1_j88mnzn wrote

The closest gray dot, which is faint, or the brighter gray dot farther left?

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donzzler t1_j891ck8 wrote

Neither, op is wrong. From this distance the moon would not appear that far away from earth. In this version of the image the moon is basically in the same pixel as the earth.

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Good_Management7353 t1_j8aiqxa wrote

This is correct. Also, it’s not a single image but a mosaic of multiple images.

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