#palebluedot

[robreyart]

Oasis 24 x 18 in, Oil on Panel, 2020

"From that distance, my thumb fit over the entire Earth. I realized how insignificant we all are if everything I'd ever known is behind my thumb. When you see Earth from the moon, you realize how fragile it is and just how limited the resources are. We're all astronauts on this spaceship Earth and we have to work and live together.” - Astronaut Jim Lovell

“The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena… In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand… the only home we've ever known.” - Carl Sagan, The Pale Blue Dot

Prints: https://robrey.storenvy.com Originals: https://www.robreyfineart.com/collections/114297

[mindtoolsofficial]

It’s easy to forget how small we are. We get caught up in daily arguments, frustrations, and the endless grind. But think about this: in the vastness of the universe, in billions of galaxies, not a single one of us is duplicated. That’s the truth. No one else like you has existed or will exist again. When someone disagrees with you, it can feel personal. But in that moment, zoom out. Think about it—our disagreements are so small in the grand scheme. Why waste time clinging to grudges when life is so fleeting and fragile?

[obscurideer]

Attack on PALEBLUEDOT !

My Artfight!

[jameswebb-discoveries]

What is the best space picture ever taken?

🌌 Exploring the Cosmos: Unveiling the Best Space Picture Ever Taken 🌌

Hey space enthusiasts! 🚀✨ Ever wondered about the most mind-blowing space image ever captured? Prepare to have your cosmic curiosity ignited as we dive into the breathtaking world of celestial photography! 📸🌠

🌟 From the awe-inspiring Hubble Deep Field to the ethereal Pillars of Creation, we're taking you on a visual journey through the cosmos. These images aren't just pretty pictures—they're windows into the heart of the universe itself.

🌍 Remember the iconic "Pale Blue Dot" image? Voyager 1 snapped a pic of Earth from over 3.7 billion miles away, reminding us of our tiny yet precious place in the cosmos. 🌎💫

🪐 And who can resist the swirling beauty of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft? It's like a mesmerizing art piece painted by the hand of the universe itself.

🔭 But wait, there's more! We're not just exploring the past; we're peering into the future of cosmic imagery. The James Webb Space Telescope is about to take us even deeper into the mysteries of space, unveiling visuals that will leave you utterly speechless.

✨ So, if you're ready to be transported to the far reaches of the galaxy and discover the image that defines the cosmos, don't miss out on this cosmic journey. Read full article here! 🌌📚

[leechita]

stardust and dark matter

We’re all just specks in the universe.

[viva-la-topknot]

For PALEBLUEDOT.

👊 ArtFight Art. 👊 Find me on ArtFight. 🎨 General art tag.

[staipa]

Un nuovo post è stato pubblicato su https://www.staipa.it/blog/giornata-della-terra/?feed_id=1466&_unique_id=66260d71d5e51 %TITLE% Il 22 aprile è la Giornata della Terra (in inglese: Earth Day), è il giorno in cui si celebrano l'ambiente e la salvaguardia del pianeta Terra. La data è fissata a, un mese e un giorno dopo l'equinozio di primavera. L'intento è chiaro e non serve una enorme spiegazione, come fatto altre volte mi limiterò a riportare quello che ha scritto qualcuno di decisamente più bravo a scrivere di me, dopo aver richiesto di realizzare nel 1990 le foto che ora ricordiamo come Pale Blue Dot (tenue puntino azzurro). La foto è stata scattata dalla sonda Voyager 1, quando si trovava a sei miliardi di chilometri di distanza dalla terra, ben oltre l'orbita di Nettuno. Pale Blue Dot Da questo distante punto di osservazione, la Terra può non sembrare di particolare interesse. Ma per noi, è diverso. Guardate ancora quel puntino. È qui. È casa. È noi. Su di esso, tutti coloro che amate, tutti coloro che conoscete, tutti coloro di cui avete mai sentito parlare, ogni essere umano che sia mai esistito, hanno vissuto la propria vita. L'insieme delle nostre gioie e dolori, migliaia di religioni, ideologie e dottrine economiche, così sicure di sé, ogni cacciatore e raccoglitore, ogni eroe e codardo, ogni creatore e distruttore di civiltà, ogni re e plebeo, ogni giovane coppia innamorata, ogni madre e padre, figlio speranzoso, inventore ed esploratore, ogni predicatore di moralità, ogni politico corrotto, ogni "superstar", ogni "comandante supremo", ogni santo e peccatore nella storia della nostra specie è vissuto lì, su un minuscolo granello di polvere sospeso in un raggio di sole. La Terra è un piccolissimo palco in una vasta arena cosmica.Pensate ai fiumi di sangue versati da tutti quei generali e imperatori affinché, nella gloria e nel trionfo, potessero diventare per un momento padroni di una frazione di un puntino. Pensate alle crudeltà senza fine inflitte dagli abitanti di un angolo di questo pixel agli abitanti scarsamente distinguibili di qualche altro angolo, quanto frequenti le incomprensioni, quanto smaniosi di uccidersi a vicenda, quanto fervente il loro odio. Le nostre ostentazioni, la nostra immaginaria autostima, l'illusione che noi abbiamo una qualche posizione privilegiata nell'Universo, sono messe in discussione da questo punto di luce pallida. Il nostro pianeta è un granellino solitario nel grande, avvolgente buio cosmico. Nella nostra oscurità, in tutta questa vastità, non c'è alcuna indicazione che possa giungere aiuto da qualche altra parte per salvarci da noi stessi.La Terra è l'unico mondo conosciuto che possa ospitare la vita. Non c'è altro posto, per lo meno nel futuro prossimo, dove la nostra specie possa migrare. Visitare, sì. Colonizzare, non ancora. Che ci piaccia o meno, per il momento la Terra è dove ci giochiamo le nostre carte. È stato detto che l'astronomia è un'esperienza di umiltà e che forma il carattere. Non c'è forse migliore dimostrazione della follia delle vanità umane che questa distante immagine del nostro minuscolo mondo. Per me, sottolinea la nostra responsabilità di occuparci più gentilmente l'uno dell'altro, e di preservare e proteggere il pallido punto blu, l'unica casa che abbiamo mai conosciuto.Carl Edward Sagan

[synthwave1950]

💖🌎 Valentine's Day == Pale Blue Dot Day!

🎁 Pale Blue Dot sale (Feb 14 — Feb 22, 2024) discount –20% on Etsy store

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[rafaelpalebluedot]

[funkyfalz]

L’incroyable paradoxe entre la fascination de l’exploration spatiale mégalomaniaque de l’homme et le besoin vital d’un idéal écologique pour la survie du même homme (en ne détruisant pas sa seule ride viable que l’univers lui a offert). I guess que c’est ça être humain. #ALBERTJACQUARD #NOTRESEULVAISSEAU #KARLSAGAN #PALEBLUEDOT (à NASA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqmSKAtsocQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[shadowgast-recs-weekly]

Happy Birthday, Aeor is For Reccing!

One year ago today (give or take a couple hours), we published our first rec list. To celebrate, I (Opera) have prepared some stats. A little bit like a reccing wrapped, only with a smaller budget and being less creepy about your data.

But thank you to everyone who has recced, every one who has read the reclist, everyone who has reblogged, everyone who has kudosed, to @professor-rye and @theusualjasper, and everyone who helped along the way.

I'm glad we've gotten this far!

To start: We've had 685 recs, 478 fics, 210 Authors, 53 reclists and 43 themes.

Most Recced Authors: (1) Mousecookie - 25 recs (1) royalgreen - 25 recs (3) SaltCore - 21 recs (4) hanap - 15 recs (5) kmackatie - 14 recs (5) Chrome - 14 recs (5) Firefright - 14 recs (8) Mlle Kurtz - 12 recs (9) road_rhythm - 11 recs (9) MinnesotaBruja - 11 recs (9) LuckyOwlsFoot - 11 recs (9) MarsBar2019 - 11recs

Authors with the most fics recced: (1) royalgreen - 18 fics (2) SaltCore - 13 fics (2) hanap - 13 fics (4) Mousecookie - 12 fics (5) kmackatie - 10 fics (5) LuckyOwlsFoot - 10 fics (7) Firefright - 9 fics (7) Jakia - 9 fics (9) Professor_Rye - 8 fics (9) Mlle Kurtz - 8 fics

Fics recced the highest number of times: Hard Mouth and The Hole in the Stone, both recced 8 times Fic recced the most number of times for a single theme: In the Closet of Our Discretion, by Firefright for Cultural Differences (recced 4 times) Longest fic recced: Dappled Shadow and Penumbral Light by Professor_Rye (463,977) Shortest fic recced: Of Constellations and Freckles, also by Professor_Rye (100 words) First fic Recced:  Stay for a Spell by Palebluedot Latest fic Recced: Uncharted Waters by EmpressofWizards

Word Cloud based on what people like about the fics:

Most common content note: Choose Not To Warn Number of Series recced: 16 Percentage of Hidden Gems that are No Longer eligible (have over 150 kudos):  48% (check them out!) Number of Images Rai has Used: 27

So what's next?

Well, the absolute next thing is that sometime this week I'm going to post the reccing spreadsheet for everyone to see - if people want to look through old recs, they should feel free to! Then there's the ideas I had from the survey a few months ago - chief among them was making it easier to import information from AO3 (you'd still be able to rec fics that can't be imported or on tumblr, I'm just trying to remove some of the hassle) I'm still doing research on the best way to make that happen, and kind of selfishly want to do it myself - but it's been a busy couple of months for me.

Speaking of which - I'm having surgery in a month! A double masectomy and reconstruction on February 19 (roughly equivalent to top surgery (masculinizing)) and February 20th (roughly equivalent to top surgery (femininzing- fat grafting)). Kind of like they're turning my chest on and off again - a ctrl-alt-deteat, if you will. Anyway, I don't want cancer, but everyone I've talked to about this has said the stomach incision is worse than the chest incision, and nobody's ever described top surgery as a walk in the park. I'm planning on doing absolutely nothing for six weeks, and @theusualjasper will be taking over during that time.

Anyway, here's to another year! Thanks to everyone who has participated or helped along the way, you're all great. Even you <3

[obscure-entity]

design trade 4 palebluedot on th

[etoilesombre]

I send you a message asking for fics about 2 weeks ago... i have since read them all and the blacksails brainrot has consumed me. Its not getting better. You were right... 'a month' is not long enough - it will be a decade of me thinking about black sails fulltime at the least.

I have read SO many good fics, honestly this fandom is blessed with great minds and great writers!! Your recommendations were excellent!! (Your fics too)

While going through the flintsilver tag I found a silverflinthamilton fic ('we can lose and call it living') and oh boy did that scratch an itch i didn't know i had!!

So now (after reading silverflint fics for like 2 weeks in all my spare time) I was wondering if you (or you followers!) know any flinthamilton fics. I don't know if that's your jam personally but I would love to read some fics about james and thomas (and possibly miranda) and how their relationship grew!! We see sooo little of it on screen!!

So if you have any recommendations once more, i would appreciate it!!

Hi! really sorry it took me so long to get to this, it has been a hectic week, I hope you see it!! Glad you enjoyed the recs, and I have rounded up some more.

I do read a lot less Flinthamilton(s), but a couple stick out in my mind, and I also crowdsourced some recommendations. I'm going to stick some other miscellaneous pairings on the end as well, in case you feel like further expanding your horizons.

Flintham recs: (most of them are postcanon rather than London era. I too would love more recs for London era.)

The Peaceable Kingdom by kvikindi (~45k words total) A Thomas-at-the-plantation novella length series that is truly beautifully written and engages with some hard, interesting ideas in meaningful ways.

The Sundering Sea by x_art (~140k words) I have not read this one but it comes highly recommended. One thing to note is that it is set post season two and was written in 2015, so BEFORE the ending had aired.

Rip Out All The Epilogues by Thatswherethelightgetsin (~60k words) An AU where both Hamiltons come to Nassau with Flint. This one has a side of Vane/Miranda which is interesting.

A Story Is True/A Story Is Untrue by FletcherHonorama (~210k words) This one is famous and well respected, it's a story told in parallel based on different possible endings, which is a really interesting concept.

Eye of the Beholder by Palebluedot (~2.6k words) Whew, some simple porn to balance out the many thoughtful novels people write for this pairing. They fuck in front of a mirror. It's hot.

5 Times Thomas and James Touched Foreheads Together by daylighthour (~12.5k words) Ok this is my favorite James/Thomas fic of all time, I think about it regularly - and it's rated g, imagine that. It's lovely, and supports my deeply held Autistic Flint headcanon.

NON-Flintham recs:

Ner Tamid by notfelix (~2.7k words) Ok this is technically Silver/Muldoon but it isn't really about that, it's a Jewish John Silver character study complete with cannibalism, oh my. It's great. For ACTUAL Silver/Muldoon I also encourage you to check out the same author's kinkmeme story Taking Care.

Marriage Is For Happy Men by QueerCrusader (~7.5k words) Flintgates, precanon. Flint has to perform a wedding, and has feelings about it. He and his quartermaster spend some quality time together after. This one is SO in character, really makes it work for me.

trust/caution by squidnapped (~5.4k) Also Flintgates. Disaster bottom Flint!! Love of my life!! Just. Just go read it. Trust me. This is one of my favorite fics of all time, also think about it regularly.

theives by ajaxthegreat (~3.7k words) Flintvane after Charles Town. This one is unfinished, but I really love how they talk to each other in it.

like real people do by thegreatblondebalrogslayer (~2k words) Vane is the one who shaves Flint's hair. No porn. You know it's good if I read it and there's no porn.

(If I may be so bold, I wrote Flintvane one time as well, here, try it you might like it)

your legs are the north star by Jaynovz (~3.6k) I can't usually do het at all but it works here. Flintmadi, taking comfort in each other when they're grieving Silver. Love the fealty dynamic, I'm weak for that.

[ms-craftworks]

【 the Pale Blue Dot 】

1990年 ボイジャー1号は旅の途中、振り返り1枚の写真を撮影した。

地球を離れ90億kmの距離から見た地球は、淡く小さな青い点に過ぎなかった。

現在までも最遠から撮影された写真は｢Pale Blue Dot｣と呼��れている。

この小さな点に過ぎない、淡い存在を心に

“ That's here. That's home. That's us. “

Carl Edward Sagan

2024年作

ф25mm

レジン、他

#宇宙レジン #宇宙玉 #地球 #ボイジャー #土星 #palebluedot #earth #saturn #voyager #nasa #astronomy

[brightbluedot]

orchid, sage, edelweiss, nutmeg!

Thank you beloved mutual 😊

orchid ⇢ what’s a song you consider to be perfect? Ooh, lots, but one I've been focused on lately is '39 by Queen. I think there's this beautiful gut-punch simplicity to the story, and the Freddie backing vocals that go crazy and get all tinny for the last chorus are the perfect little layer to really sell it. sage ⇢ what ‘medium’ of art (poetry, music, fiction, paintings, statues etc.) is the most touching to you? why do you think that is?

This is a tough one!! I think maybe music. So much of the craft there is beyond me, like I know Some Stuff about music but not enough to make it myself or often even describe what I like about a song, it seems like witchcraft to me – but then there’s also elements that I can kind of extrapolate from writing (lyricism, telling a story over time). So, it lights up parts of my brain that I don’t use often and ones that I do all while Sounding Pretty, and that’s a satisfying combination.

edelweiss ⇢ how’d you think of your url/username? what’s it associated with to you?

It's a riff on "pale blue dot," from the Carl Sagan speech. The title comes from what the Earth looks like in a picture taken by the Voyager spacecraft from obscenely far away. I really love it because it's about the perspective this grants, how small the things people kill each other over really are -- and it urges kindness and unity instead of bitter nihilism. Have NOT been the same since I first heard it at 14. Anyway "palebluedot" was taken, so.

nutmeg ⇢ how’s your room/home decorated? do you have a specific theme or style going on?

Yes!! Six and I think a lot about how we decorate. We have this great exposed brick wall in our apartment, so we play off of that with red appliances in the kitchen and brown leather and green fabric in the living room. The bathroom came with these cute '70s pale blue fixtures, so we match the hand soap, toothbrush holder, etc. to that.

We have a lot of art on the walls in the living room (HUGE fuck-off Velvet Goldmine poster, a favorite poem, painting of David Bowie flanked by decorative shelves where we keep our dice bags, things of this nature.) We also have a tradition of getting a postcard together whenever we go on a little trip, and we put all of those up on the wall by our key hooks. The other walls are typical landlord white, but rich blue and white is one of my favorite color combinations, so I fill my room with blue, sometimes with a subtle nautical tilt. Really love this place and am very proud of it and want to kill my landlord with a hammer for making the building hostile to human life.

Original post for anyone who wants to play

[synthwave1950]

💖🌎 Valentine's Day = Pale Blue Dot Day

🎁 Pale Blue Dot sale (Jan 25 — Feb 5, 2024) discount –20% on Etsy store. Link here - https://retropostershopprint.etsy.com.