Billions and Billions by RobertJ
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A Sagan is a humorous unit of measurement equal to at least 4,000,000,000.
The unit is derived from the phrase billions and billions (of stars), attributed to the American astronomer Carl Sagan. The minimum lower bound of a number conforming to the constraint of billions and billions must be 2,000,000,000 plus 2,000,000,000 or 4,000,000,000, assuming, of course, that Sagan was using the American English definition for billion.
Note that though many believe Sagan was famous for using the phrase billions and billions, he claims he never actually did, having used instead the simpler phrase billions of stars.... It was actually Johnny Carson, impersonating Sagan, who popularized the phrase attributed to Sagan.
There are nearly 100 Sagan stars in the Milky Way (our) galaxy.
Comments (10)
fractalinda
Just plain AWEsome! Looks like the Hubble images I've viewed.
hideakifuji
fantastic space and good job
liltawen
Interesting perspectives. Looks like the 2001 monolith.
Wiseman2000
Great warm sci-fi atmosphere.. wish I could do an astral projection here ;)
wholehog
Very well done! God bless Carl Sagan! :-)
toer
Spaceviews at its best... :) Beautyful ...
claude19
Sagan was an astrophysician, who had given access to all the concepts by an television's serial, which was very good maid ! Your pictures are maid in the verys pure Sagan' spirit ! VERY EXCELLENT !
shantay
Wow! Excellent sci-fi image. Love it!
RobertJ
I just realised, on the 20th of december this year it will be ten years since he passed away when he lost his battle against MDS. Oh how i would love to see a new version of "Cosmos", we have learned some much since then. I have fond memories of that series, i still have the book, its not in the best of shapes, but thats how it should be with books, they don't belong on a shelve, they need to be read.
superza
Excellent composition, i like especially the leftside render!