#BlueMind Marble Dreams
- wallacejnichols
- Dec. 7, 2012
I remember the mission clearly. I was five years old. We sat in a circle on the floor in our Montessori classroom. The teacher brought in a small black and white television and we quietly watched it unfold.
On December 7, 1972 the crew of Apollo 17 pointed their 70 mm Hasselblad out the window and snapped the most famous photograph of all time, an image that "changed humankind’s view of Earth forever". They called it Blue Marble.
It’s an image that at once reminds us how small, fragile, and connected we are. And that we are a water planet. A small, gorgeous blue marble.
Later, I attached a poster of the cockpit of Apollo spacecraft to the wall above my bed, next to the window.
Every night I’d carefully fly that mission from my bedroom to the moon. Out there I’d look back through the window at our beautiful blue home.
Then I’d fall asleep and dream.
Today I share #bluemind marbles around the world with friends, strangers, and colleagues to conjure up that feeling of smallness, connectedness, and to remind us of our propensity to do great things together.
