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October 20, 2012
The Overview effect.
When a person gazes upon Earth from outer space,they have a profound sense of perspective, a realization of fragility, that humanity and all life as we know it is completely dependent on a single planet and its thin atmosphere. It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. — Neil Armstrong-- Small | Alex MacCaw
Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 20, 2012 10:52 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.