Your meaningless little existence
That insignificant-looking, little spec is our world.
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From an anonymous email submission:
In September, the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn took the picture you see when … [with] Saturn eclipsing Sol. The camera was facing back toward the inner solar system, so the sun is behind the ringed planet. Look closely at the 10 o’clock position relative to Saturn’s disk, and just inside the outermost ring. The little dot you see is — Earth.
Think your problems are big? From a galactic perspective, your entire existence, in fact your entire world, is beyond insignificant.
Have a nice day!
Update: Jeremy Gilby does us one better on this story.
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