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The apollo pictures of the whole earth conveyed to multitudes something well known to astronomers: on the scale of the worlds - to say nothing of stars or galaxies - humans are inconsequential, a thin film of life on an obscure and solitary lump of rock and metal
-Carl Sagan
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The Apollo Pictures Of The Whole Earth

Carl Sagan
The apollo pictures of the whole earth conveyed to multitudes something well known to astronomers: on the scale of the worlds - to say nothing of stars or galaxies - humans are inconsequential, a thin film of life on an obscure and solitary lump of rock and metal
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