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The "Pale Blue Dot," a photo of our home planet taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft on Feb. 14, 1990, when it was almost 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) from Earth.
On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale Blue Dot" image is just as awe-inspiring today.
The Pale Blue Dot has also changed, but humanity might not have assimilated its lessons quite yet. "It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience.
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Mon., Feb. 10, 2025 See that little dot up there, in the upper right of that photo? That’s the planet Earth, as photographed from about 3.7 billion miles away 35 years ago Friday, on Feb. 14, 1990.
Although the “Pale Blue Dot” may have looked static, in 1990, the planet, of course, was as alive and bustling as ever.