the earliest occasion on which it happened
It was the first time that any human had moved away far enough from the earth to see the whole planet.David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet · 2020 — Capítulo 5 de 10 · 2'10" · C1
David Sees the Blue Marble, Explained: an edge to
Someone in a television studio recalls the Apollo launch, the first time a human traveled far enough to see the whole planet. What looks like a wonder at a live picture is really a shock of scale: "Our home was not limitless." A blue marble in the blackness means there is an edge to human existence.
Qué pasa
In a television studio during the Apollo launch, a narrator remembers the first time any human moved far enough from the earth to see the whole planet. The world watched live. The first shot showed a blue marble, a blue sphere in the blackness, holding the whole of humanity and the person in the spacecraft who took the picture. That view made home look finite.
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far enough towhat we all sawas it happenedblue marble
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an edge to
a boundary where something has to stop
Right after the line that home was not limitless, an edge to our existence puts a boundary on existence itself, not on a coastline.
There is an edge to the life this valley can support.
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- far enough to
so far that the next thing becomes possible
- what we all saw
the same sight, seen by everyone who was there
- as it happened
while the event was still going on
- blue marble
the planet seen as a small blue glass ball
- the whole of
all of a group, with none left out
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distant enough for the next action
It was the first time that any human had moved away far enough from the earth to see the whole planet.past perfect: With the first time that, had moved means the first time anyone had gone that far by then; to see is the result.
It was the first time that any human had moved away far enough from the earth to see the whole planet.Move from far into enough without a breath, so the distance stays one piece.
It was the first time that any human had moved away far enough from the earth to see the whole planet.easy to harm and cut off from help
Our planet, vulnerable and isolated.Keep and tiny so the two adjectives land as a single pair.
Our planet, vulnerable and isolated.one striking feature, not the whole story
One of the extraordinary things about it was that the world could actually watch it as it happened.while the event was still going on
The surprise is that people on the ground could watch as it happened, while the event was still going on, not another detail of the photo.
One of the extraordinary things about it was that the world could actually watch it as it happened.already far away in space
It was extraordinary that you could see what a man out in space could see as he saw it at the same time.with no gap between the two moments
It was extraordinary that you could see what a man out in space could see as he saw it at the same time.object clause: The object of see is the sight itself, not the man in space.
It was extraordinary that you could see what a man out in space could see as he saw it at the same time.the earliest photograph in the sequence shot means the photograph, not gunfire
And I remember very well that first shot.against an unbroken dark background
a blue sphere in the blackness, and you realized that that was the earth.Slide off the first that and hold the second, the one pointing at the planet.
a blue sphere in the blackness, and you realized that that was the earth.all of a group, with none left out
The frame is said to hold the whole of humanity, and the next line adds only the person in the spacecraft who took the picture.
And in that one shot, there was the whole of humanityonly that one thing was there
with nothing else except the person that was in the spacecraft taking that picture.replaced how a whole group sees things
After the whole of humanity is placed in one frame, and the following line adds only the person in the spacecraft, the speech says that completely changed the mindset of the human population.
And that completely changed the mindset of the population, the human population of the world.not without an end or boundary
Our home was not limitless.Put the weight on limitless so not does not become its own shout.
Our home was not limitless.a boundary where something has to stop
Right after the line that home was not limitless, an edge to our existence puts a boundary on existence itself, not on a coastline.
There was an edge to our existence.a basic fact that cannot be set aside
It was a rediscovery of a fundamental truth.constrained by it, with no way out
We are ultimately bound by and reliant upon the finite natural world about us.unable to manage without it
We are ultimately bound by and reliant upon the finite natural world about us.around us, not on the topic of us
The closing claim places a finite natural world around the listener, and about us marks position, not a topic title.
We are ultimately bound by and reliant upon the finite natural world about us.the time before farming and settled life
This truth defined the life we led in our pre-history, the time before farming and civilization.the period earlier than that change
This truth defined the life we led in our pre-history, the time before farming and civilization.zero relative: A missing that still makes we led describe which life.
This truth defined the life we led in our pre-history, the time before farming and civilization.David Sees the Blue Marble, explicado
What's really going on
The memory stays on the moment a person in space and a person in a studio saw the same thing at the same time: the earth small enough to fit in one shot. "You saw a blue marble," and a blue sphere in the blackness that turned out to be the earth. Everything human is in that frame, and the only one outside it is the person taking the picture. "Our home was not limitless." "There was an edge to our existence." The speech calls this a rediscovery of a fundamental truth: people are bound by and reliant upon the finite natural world about them. Before farming and civilization, that limit already defined how life was lived. The blue marble makes the boundary visible to everyone at once, which is why the shot is said to have changed the mindset of the human population.
Theme
MemoryA studio witness recalls the first shot of earth as a blue marble and what that picture made obvious.
PhilosophySeeing the whole planet turns into a claim that home is finite and people depend on the natural world around them.
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- far enough from — Move from far into enough without a breath, so the distance stays one piece.
- vulnerable and isolated — Keep and tiny so the two adjectives land as a single pair.
- that that was — Slide off the first that and hold the second, the one pointing at the planet.
- not limitless — Put the weight on limitless so not does not become its own shout.
It was the first time that any human had moved away far enough from the earth to see the whole planet.The Apollo flight is described as the first moment a person got far enough from earth for the entire planet to be visible at once.
And in that one shot, there was the whole of humanityIn this recollection, that single shot is said to hold every human being.
Our home was not limitless.The view from space is taken to show that the place people live is bounded, not endless.
There was an edge to our existence.Human life is pictured as having a hard outer limit, the edge of the planet just seen.
We are ultimately bound by and reliant upon the finite natural world about us.The closing claim: people cannot outrun the limited natural world around them, and they depend on it.
Preguntas sobre esta escena
Why is the planet called vulnerable and isolated?
Those words are the line itself, placed right after what we all saw: "Our planet, vulnerable and isolated." The speech gives no further cause. Around that picture, a human has moved far enough from the earth to see the whole planet, and the lines go on to a blue sphere in the blackness, a home that was not limitless, and an edge to our existence.
What did the first shot look like?
A blue marble, a blue sphere in the blackness. The line says you realized that sphere was the earth.
Who is outside the shot that holds all of humanity?
The person in the spacecraft who took the picture. The line says there was the whole of humanity with nothing else except that person.
Why is the live view called extraordinary?
Because the world could watch the event as it happened, and could see, at the same time, what a man out in space was seeing.
Is the limit of the natural world presented as a new idea?
No. The speech calls it a rediscovery of a fundamental truth, one that defined life in pre-history, before farming and civilization.
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