A Glorious Dawn
Much as I would love to say that I took that picture myself, especially in light of recent planetary photos, I can't. Or I could, but then I'd be lying. It's a screenshot off a YouTube video, but the video itself comes highly recommended.
Do you remember the Cosmos series by Carl Sagan, back in 1980 or thereabouts? This video is a tribute to Carl Sagan. The artist had the clever idea to turn Sagan's spoken words from the TV series into song (with a tool called Auto-Tune).
If you watched Cosmos the way I did, glued to the screen, then you may well enjoy this video too. Do have a look, and a listen.
Comments
Sunday 18/10/09, 11:07
I watched the whole thing too. My wife got me the book the same year.
Wednesday 21/10/09, 00:50
Brilliant reminder of the spectacular series. Takk! Sagan's "A Demon Haunted World" is one of my favourite books of all time. Funny how still so many would rather curse darkness than light a candle...
Cheers!
Sunday 25/10/09, 22:58
Thanks for the feedback, guys :)
Harry: I didn't know there was a book to go with the series until I found a copy of it in '96, in a second hand book store in a basement in Bayswater, London. Two minutes later I owned it, along with a couple of Arthur C. Clarke novels, and brought them all safely back home to Norway :)
JayJDC: Haven't read "A Demon Haunted World" yet, but it's certainly on my list now. And I just ordered the whole COSMOS DVD series which should be in my mailbox some day this week :)