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"Pale Blue Dot"

Feb 14, 1990 - 30 years ago, one of the most iconic photos of all times - a view of our blue planet, taken by the Voyager-1 spacecraft, from a distance of about 6 billion km!

The term was coined by Carl Sagan in his reflections of the photograph's significance.
@NASAJPL @NASAVoyager @NASAhistory "Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about 6 billion km (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of that day's Family Portrait series of images of the Solar System."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue…
@NASAJPL @NASAVoyager @NASAhistory "In the photograph, Earth's apparent size is less than a pixel; the planet appears as a tiny dot against the vastness of space, among bands of sunlight reflected by the camera."
@NASAJPL @NASAVoyager @NASAhistory "Voyager 1, which had completed its primary mission and was leaving the Solar System, was commanded by NASA to turn its camera around and take one last photograph of Earth across a great expanse of space, at the request of astronomer and author Carl Sagan."
@NASAJPL @NASAVoyager @NASAhistory "The term "Pale Blue Dot" was coined by Carl Sagan in his reflections of the photograph's significance, documented in his book of the same name, Pale Blue Dot."

This photo is a recently digitally enhanced version by @NASA, of the original 1990 photo.

nasa.gov/feature/jpl/pa…
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