Feeling overwhelmed today, I looked up one of my new favorite astronomy photos -- an image taken by the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn. It is of Earth, the blue dot between two rings of Saturn. An enlargement in the upper left corner allows you to see the Moon, too.

Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
For another visualization on astronomical scale watch the video below:
So my anxiety and worries are lightened in this perspective. They aren't that big. And we are lucky to be alive in an amazing universe.





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