Pale Blue Dot
The photograph taken by Voyager 1 at the request of astronomer and author Carl Sagan that completed changed our perspective on humanity’s place in the universe
“Pale Blue Dot” is the name given to a photograph of planet Earth taken on 14 February 1990 by Voyager 1, a robotic explorer built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In the photograph, taken from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometres, Earth’s apparent size is less than a pixel. The planet…
