Here’s a link to information on NASA’s first photo of what the poet was referring to – the first ever photo was from 1946
https://explorer1.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/earth-from-space/
How does it make you feel ? How do you feel seeing this photograph. How do you feel being a creature on this Star of Water as referred by the poet. Indeed our star, our planet is about 70% covered in water; and coincidently our brain and heart is also about 70% … WATER
How do I feel when I see the first ever photograph of EARTH … mindblowing? or rereading the poem – yes, this. This.
All alone, glowing blue … out in the vast darkness, our star of water is …