Our planet would be just a point of light,
我们的星球就只是一个光点
hardly distinguishable from the many other points of light.
很难与其他光点区分开来
Nearby planets, far off suns.
附近的星球远离太阳系
But precisely because of the obscurity of our world,
但或许是因为我们世界的朦胧
such a picture might be worth that.
如此图片价值不菲
It had been well understood by the scientists
很难与其他光点区分开来
and philosophers of classical antiquity that
如此图片价值不菲
the Earth was a mere point in a vast,
地球只是浩瀚宇宙中的一个光点
encompassing cosmos.
包围宇宙。