Happy Earth Day, everyone. Take care of it, it’s the only one we’ve got (at least until Rose and The Doctor introduce us to New Earth in a few billion years).

It’s always a good time to celebrate how wonderful our planet is, but this day especially. And there’s no better tribute than this animated adaptation of Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot by Ehdubya, right?

And because I love you guys, here’s another animated “Pale Blue Dot”, from ORDER animation:

Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” gets a stunning animated tribute

Your weekend moment of zen, from the ORDER animation studio. There are few passages more iconic and everlasting than Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot. After a hundred times, it still makes me smile.

Here’s a previous animated version of Pale Blue Dot, and be sure to check out Sagan’s words set to some beautiful landscapes. Finally, don’t forget to marvel at the original photo from Voyager that started it all. 

(via io9)

Source: io9.com

Happy Birthday, Voyager 1

To Celebrate: An Animated Adaptation of Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot

Thirty-five years ago today, Voyager 1 was launched into space, carrying the computing power of a fancy calculator watch, an 8-track player, and a gold record that tells the story of our planet and race. Today, she is over 18 billion kilometers away from Earth, in the midst of leaving our Solar System and entering interstellar space.

Celebrate with this animated version of Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot, by Adam Winnik, based on Voyager 1’s photo of the same name:

As you peer into this image, to see us twinkling in only a handful of azure pixels, take note of our place in this great expanse: A fragile home, filled with curious apes, the only life form that we know of capable of building ships that can sail distant cosmic seas, and from that vantage point, look back upon themselves.

(via Brain Pickings)

Source: brainpickings.org