The Pale Blue Dot

[mtlurb]

The Pale Blue Dot 

The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers from Earth, as part of the solar system Family Portrait series of images.

 

 

[fmfranck]

Sur ce sujet, je recommande fortement le documentaire "The Farthest" sur Netflix.

[mtlurb]

Il y a 1 heure, fmfranck a dit :

Sur ce sujet, je recommande fortement le documentaire "The Farthest" sur Netflix.

Ça viens de là... vraiment incroyable comme documentaire.

[Habsfan]

You gotta love Carl Sagan!

[peekay]

Carl Sagan specifically asked for NASA to take the picture. Astronomy and the cosmos always fascinated me.

[Malek]

Yes, he was opposed by the scientists as there was zero science value to do it. He escalated the situation and made his point.