# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B4A3Fsup8q0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11734342-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-10-24T19:55:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

“That's here. That's home. That's us.” – Carl Sagan

Seeing Earth from space can alter an astronauts’ cosmic perspective, a mental shift known as the “Overview Effect.” First coined by space writer Frank White in 1987, the Overview Effect is described as a feeling of awe for our home planet and a sense of responsibility for taking care of it.

See Earth from the vantage point of our astronauts in these perspective-changing views.

Credit: NASA

#NASA #space #science #earth

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