Saturday, January 20, 2007

A pale blue dot

This photo was taken by Voyager 1 in 1990 as it sailed away from Earth, more than 4 billion miles in the distance. Having completed it primary mission, Voyager at that time was on its way out of the Solar System.

We are small in the universe.

For more information: http://www.bigskyastroclub.org/pale_blue_dot.htm

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