Earth Day 2013: the 'pale blue dot' in quotations

7. Thumb eclipse

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The Apollo 11 lunar module rises from the moon's surface for docking with the command module and the trip back to earth. The earth can be seen rising in the background.

“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” 

Neil Armstrong as quoted in the International Space Hall of Fame at the New Mexico Museum of Space History (and elsewhere)

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