<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361064712366194438</id><updated>2011-07-19T06:33:19.840-07:00</updated><category term='astronomy'/><category term='Sagan'/><title type='text'>The Pale Blue Dot</title><subtitle type='html'>Observations From The Goldilocks Zone</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betweenvenusandmars.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/361064712366194438/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betweenvenusandmars.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361064712366194438.post-2571143680702326494</id><published>2011-06-28T15:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-28T18:39:44.337-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sagan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='astronomy'/><title type='text'>A Belated Thank You To Carl Sagan</title><content type='html'>Nothing could be more appropriate for the inaugural post on this blog than Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot".  In my lifetime no single individual has been a greater force for science, reason, skepticism and rational thought than Carl Sagan.  He, more than anyone, brought the joy and exhilaration of wonder and discovery to mainstream America.  He inspired and entertained millions all over the world.  I doubt we will ever see another quite like him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2pfwY2TNehw" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/361064712366194438-2571143680702326494?l=betweenvenusandmars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betweenvenusandmars.blogspot.com/feeds/2571143680702326494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://betweenvenusandmars.blogspot.com/2011/06/nothing-could-be-more-appropriate-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/361064712366194438/posts/default/2571143680702326494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/361064712366194438/posts/default/2571143680702326494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betweenvenusandmars.blogspot.com/2011/06/nothing-could-be-more-appropriate-for.html' title='A Belated Thank You To Carl Sagan'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/2pfwY2TNehw/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
