[00:26.17]It has been said that astronomy is a humbling [00:28.69]And character-building experience [00:31.93]There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits [00:36.08]Than this distant image of our tiny world [00:38.76] [01:30.06]From this distant vantage point [01:31.93]The Earth might not seem of any particular interest [01:36.94]Lived there, on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam [01:50.81]To preserve and cherish the pale blue dot [01:54.96] [02:34.03]In our obscurity, in all this vastness [02:39.13]There is no hint in the great enveloping cosmic dark