Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot: You Are Here (Voice Only / No Music) Attention to Details in Nature 2013-05-15 | Carl Sagan (1934-1996) reads from his 1994 nonfiction book Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space.This selection from the audiobook appears toward the end of Chapter 1: "You Are Here".This pure narration plays without music and sound effects.From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest, but for us, it's different. Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of -- every human being who ever was -- lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering; thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines; every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there -- on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance -- the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe -- are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. 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. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
Max Martini - Vampire! Attention to Details in Nature 2013-11-09 | Max Martini portrayed Willy in the 1997 film Contact, starring Jodie Foster.
9/11 Music - Richard Fiocca Attention to Details in Nature 2013-06-17 | This poignant track by Richard Fiocca plays toward the end of the 2002 documentary film 9/11.
Beware of Dogma - Intro Title Logo Attention to Details in Nature 2013-05-15 | This is a free-thought sign based on beware-of-dog signs. The sound effect is a snarl from a rabid dog.
The Pianist (Unofficial) Soundtrack Attention to Details in Nature 2013-02-27 | Ripped from the DVD menu, this original score piece is played in the film, but excluded from the official soundtrack.Composed by Wojciech Kilar, the track plays during the scene when Szpilman (Brody) escapes into the snow.
Hubble Ultra-Deep Field Attention to Details in Nature 2013-02-17 | Flying through the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (HUDF), a famous photo that the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) produced in 2004. The music is an edited version of the track "Junction" from the Final Fantasy VIII soundtrack by Nobuo Uematsu.
The Pianist Soundtrack (Unofficial) - Track 2/2 Attention to Details in Nature 2013-02-05 | Ripped from the DVD menu, this original score piece is played in the film, but excluded from the official soundtrack.Composed by Wojciech Kilar, the track plays during the scene when Szpilman (Brody) escapes into the snow.
The Pianist Soundtrack (Unofficial) - Track 1/2 Attention to Details in Nature 2013-02-05 | Ripped from the DVD menu, this original score piece is played in the film, but excluded from the official soundtrack.Composed by Wojciech Kilar, the track plays during the scene when Szpilman (Brody) watches the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
It Takes a Thief - Theme Music Attention to Details in Nature 2012-01-14 | This version of the theme music for the Discovery Channel series It Takes a Thief (2005-07) played during the end credits of the first-season episodes.
The Last of Candy the Tour Guide Attention to Details in Nature 2011-09-11 | This is my last sight of Candy at the end of the 2009 bus tour. She heads toward the Lincoln Plaza Hotel in Monterey Park, CA.
Candy the Tour Guide [3/3] Attention to Details in Nature 2011-08-30 | In June 2009, I rode a tour bus to Las Vegas. Candy is a Chinese tour guide who wears pink.
Candy the Tour Guide [1/3] Attention to Details in Nature 2011-08-30 | Candy, our Chinese tour guide in pink, speaks as the bus traverses Barstow, Riverside County, CA.
Short Time-Lapse of Night Sky Attention to Details in Nature 2011-05-15 | I made this brief time-lapse of the night sky from my backyard.
ITaT - Episode Intro Attention to Details in Nature 2011-05-07 | The introduction of the episode "Party Time" of the Discovery Channel reality series It Takes a Thief (2005-07). I recorded this on a DirecTV DVR before switching to Verizon FiOS.
ITaT - End Credits Attention to Details in Nature 2011-05-07 | The end credits of some episode of the Discovery Channel reality series It Takes a Thief (2005-07). I recorded this on a DirecTV DVR before switching to Verizon FiOS.
Mather Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Attention to Details in Nature 2010-04-10 | A 360-degree view of the Grand Canyon from Mather Point, on the South Rim, on June 2009.
