Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo:
"Look again at 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 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.”
We look forward to hosting 'Experience days' at Tottenham Fire Station @HaringeyLFB in February. Run by the outreach team, the sessions give those currently in the assessment process a feel for life on station & the work of crews, showing potential future Firefighters the ropes!
We are recruiting for Control Room Officers 🎧☎️📞☎️🎧
• Would you like a role that is fulfilling which helps saves lives? • Could you talk someone through their most distressing moments whilst being calm and compassionate? ^SC 1/2
Fantastic turn out for @LondonFire Outreach Team delivering #FireFighter recruitment workshop with @TowerHamletsNow to inform our diverse communities that Firefighting is a job that welcomes all & it is our aim for our workforce to better reflect the community we serve #OneTeam
Thanks to all those who took part in our information day with @LondonFire yesterday. They've teamed up with our WorkPath service to find the next generation of firefighters and we are hopeful that many will be from right here in Tower Hamlets.
Visit us @SkillsLondon this Friday & Saturday & find out what it takes to be a #London firefighter. It could change your life forever #jobs https://t.co/HYvg90RJGm
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