Carl Edward Sagan - Ithaca, NY
Posted by: neoc1
N 42° 27.383 W 076° 29.584
18T E 377233 N 4701529
The grave of astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, Pulitzer Prize winning author, and science communicator Carl Edward Sagan is located at the south east end of Lakeview Cemetery at 605 E Shore Dr, Ithaca, NY.
Waymark Code: WMW5BT
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2017
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The grave of Carl Edward Sagan is marked by polished black horizontal headstone to the right of his mother Rachel Molly Gruber Sagan and father Samuel Sagan. The headstone is inscribed:
CARL EDWARD SAGAN
NOVEMBER 9, 1934 DECEMBER 20, 1996
It is a tradition to leave a blue marble at the grave site in honor of his book: Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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