I have spent several days watching Carl Sagan’s “The Pale Blue Dot” YouTube video as well as reading the transcript located in the description section of the video. Panic stricken, I fought to conjure up a great thesis that will explain what I think the meaning of this video is. I am struggling with creating an essay that casts my personal reflection upon people that don’t know me from Adam, in the meantime watching the clock tick as I lose daylight once again with a blank sheet of good quality paper
astrophysicist and communicator among other fields of sciences, has written Pale Blue Dot in order to extend ideas on the boundaries of space exploration for the future in order to assure that the human population can survive catastrophic events. He describes earth’s insignificance amongst the magnificent stars in space, how this thriving and sociable place we call home, is merely a pale blue dot amongst the majestic fireballs of blue and red gases and planets one hundred times the size of earth. Sagan
Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World as Social Commentary Carl Sagan sums up his view of the basic flaw of man in one phrase: "history reveals that we humans have a sad tendency to make the same mistakes again and again" (Sagan 424). Humans today have an understanding of the world around them that is vastly superior to that of their ancestors. In spite of this, a growing number of people perpetually fail to scrutinize to the degree necessary for the evolution of the self. According to Sagan
refers to “The Holy Ghost” (Fitzgerald 3) this sets the ill tone which is carried throughout the novel. Life of Adam Patch is summed up in colours Fitzgerald states his small eyes in dark-bluish, gray to white and from pink to yellow (13). Colours like blue, pink, gray, white and yellow shows different stages of Ad... ... middle of paper ... ... irony the American Dream which Anthony and Gloria started to pursuit it was all beautiful full hopes and imposing promises both of them are young, beautiful
which are darker shades in relation to the water. The blue sky is a darker shade of blue than its reflection in the water and the colour of the almost golden moon is not reflected, instead it shines through the white clouds and upon the glistening water. The artist uses other hues to decorate the city with lights, streams of tiny yellow and red dots spread into the distance, these bits of light decorates the pale blue mountains beyond. The cool blue waters spread out like a blanket, and atop it rests
my topic because it specially talks about the efforts, achievements, legacies, engineering and technological adversities that NASA face during the development of Apollo 8 and 11 that help them visit the moon. Sagan, Carl. “The Gift of Apollo.” Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. Ballantine Books, 1994. 163-172. Print. Chapter 13 The Gift of Apollo narrates how Apollo missions change the history of the human species. It explains how Apollo 11 was an astonishing and technological
twenty-ninth I was given the name Riley Burdick. Born with the Burdick syndrome it makes it very difficult for me to breath, grow, and gain weight like normal people. The grey box with the thin clear tube coming out of it snakes up my back, around my pale ears, over my rabbit stuffed cheeks, and hooked under my tiny button nose. Also on my chubby tummy I have a big circle that hooks up to a monitor with a clear tube that fills up with a creamy smooth formula and flows down the tube at 115 miles per
as though they house glittering faeries of periwinkle and silver. Resembling a radiant queen, lounging in her fine linens and silky pillows, the moon appears to gently relax on the plush clouds surrounding her. Although dark and muted, a myriad of blues and purples streak the surrounding black of the sky. White stars splatter across the sky like paint. These glittering
wealthy family in Paris on December 2, 1859. He lived a short life of thirty-one year of age, and in his time, Seurat not only invented his style of pointillism, but he also became the first Neo-Impressionist. In pointillism, Seurat used miniscule dots of various colors on a base color to produce the local color. This creates an optical mixture from afar for the viewer and makes the image livelier. As the first Neo-Impressionist, he systematically painted his works instead of the rough brushworks
Hundreds of tiny dots shone cheerfully along the smiling crescent moon; in contrast to the pitch dark gloomy background. The charcoaled haired teenage boy persistently dragged us in his old rackety four wheeled vehicles to an unknown scene. He kept bragging about his founding as he found his way in the cold, desolated street in the dead night. The marvelous journey had just started. An uninhabited, isolated beach caught my sight as I get off the car. A cool summer breeze brushed off my cheeks as
For thousands of years, humans have looked up at the night sky and pondered their place in the cosmos. One little red dot in particular has long held our interest: Mars. Today, experts believe it's no longer a question of if we'll ever set foot on the Red Planet, but when. Recent technological advances mean this could happen within decades. While the dream of colonizing Mars is a fascinating one, is it a good idea? What will be the biggest challenges? And once we get there, could we even survive
way on every boat. Their round white heads with blue outfits form a pattern with their shape and color. Then we have a pattern within the water in multiple areas. One is with the dark blue color forming a stripped pattern with the white of the crest. The second is the dark blue forming a stripped pattern with a lighter shade of blue on the main wave. The third is the curled wave pattern on the crest of the wave. The last pattern is the repetitive dots made by the water splashing. All of these patterns
Space colonization - a civilizational responsibility Human space colonization is quickly becoming one of the main goals and necessities for our species. Although many arguments can be made both in support and against colonization I will try to limit them to just a few basic assumptions. Let us consider the fact that this planet has been subjected to five mass extinction events, although some may argue that the sixth is currently in process, and a mass of opportunities for them to happen again. Everything
The language used is very different. H.G. Wells in "The Red Room" describes everything in great detail using words which add feeling and fear for the reader, for example "…his eyes were covered by shade, and his lower lip, half averted, hung pale and pink from his decaying yellow teeth". Penelope Lively does not go into such great detail and basically outlines a view of people and objects so it can be left to the reader's imagination. The difference between the times in which they were
Carl Sagan, a distinguished astronomer and author, goes on to explain humanity’s accidental birth in his book A Vision of the Human Future in Space: Pale Blue Dot, “…if the laws of Nature and the physical constants—such as the speed of light, the electrical charge of the electrons, the Newtonian gravitational constant, or Planck’s quantum mechanical constant—had been different, the course of events leading
"Our solar system consists of one star and a few debris," pronounced Carl Sagan. There endures an abundance of differences and similarities between the Inner and Outer planets. Our solar system consists of the Sun in the middle, followed by planets rotating it. The planets which orbit the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The Inner planets are completely different from Outer planets and the Outer planets are completely different from Inner planets, however
wearing a black polka dot blouse with a teal cardigan and a grey pencil skirt and black gloss stilettos. All of this was set off by a diamond necklace that I had brought her for Christmas. Her white nails glittered in the sunlight. She looked like a movie star; perfect teeth, smooth complexion and a small silver handbag that hung loosely from her shoulder, bouncing on her hips every time she moved. I, on the other hand, looked like a model for a charity shop. A creased pale blue blue shirt, waistcoat
Viewing Reaction: Adoration of the Magi Introduction This altarpiece painting was done in tempera paint on wood by Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi. He became known as Sandro Botticelli. “Botticelli” was a nickname given by his older brother meaning 'small wine cask'. “(Artble, 2014). According to our textbook, this painting is one of four Adorations he painted that have achieved lasting fame. (Wold, 2008) Botticelli was an Italian Renaissance painter whose life spanned from 1440-1510. I was unable
situation. Each person has written a book about the dot com industry, how they can be successful as well as how to invest wisely in one. I was hoping to learn a lot of information so I could make a good decision on whether my company would benefit from being online. These thoughts drifted through my head until the doorbell rang. I opened the door to a short plump woman with reddish brown hair in her late 40’s was standing on my stoop. She wore a pale green dress suit, but looked quite attractive.
using heavy ideas to evoke an emotional response. After Al Gore awkwardly dabbles in romanticism, describing the effect of standing in nature, the film essential begins with the former vice president bringing the attention of the audience to a pale, blue dot in a space probe image taken ... ... middle of paper ... ...r tenable. Davis Guggenheim, in cooperation with Al Gore, makes it very clear that global climate change will leave no corner of the biosphere unaffected. While Gore communicates