Candy Hansen(JPL) and Carolyn Porco(University of Arizona), "Pale Blue Dot".
February 14, 1990, Digital
I selected this image because it helps me put life into perspective. In this image Earth is only one small pixel. Earth looks so insignificant and so do our problems. This image highlights that everything we use to divide ourselves, such as race, religion, political affiliation, and sexual preference, is just meaningless. We are all humans living in a speck of dust in this vast universe. As bleak and dark as this sounds, it is meant to free us. Learning how insignificant and unimportant we are can help us realize how beautiful and delicate the world we live in is. This image is about understanding our place in the universe and to not take what we have for granted. This image and its message is more relevant today. We are seeing our lawmakers put greed and self interest ahead of our planet, not realizing that this is all we have.
