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Images taken by the unmanned spacecraft Cassini
Title: Lord Byron

















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Photographs of the surface of Mars, courtesy of HiRISE
Title: Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker

































Folkert
Photographs by NASA Earth Observatory
Title: Frank White








"The Overview Effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts and cosmonauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from orbit or from the lunar surface." —Wikipedia

Also of note: Overview, the film.


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Hurricanes by NASA
Title: Goethe






































Inspired by Boing Boing

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Photographs by Michael Benson / NASA
Title: Edmond Schérer








































Title via Invisible Stories

Beginning of the quote: "We must avoid coming to too close quarters with life. It is a slender crust over which you must walk without bearing down too hard. Hit your heel into it and you make a hole in which you will disappear. True philosophy..."


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