They are buildings, cities and natural wonders. They house the heights of cultural achievement and offer backdrops for our best ideas. Asked to name the most influential place in history, previous and present TIME 100 honorees reflect on locations that have seen and in some cases helped bring about some of the most transformative moments in human experience.
The Moon
The surface of the moon, looking back toward earth. Earth adrift and alone in the darkness of space, the mere sight of which compels you to render pointless all human conflict and the mere thought of which drives you to care for its fragile ecosystem.
Tyson is an astrophysicist
