Cornell University: Iconic 'Pale Blue Dot' Photo - Carl Sagan's Idea - Turns 30
February 14, 2020
February 14, 2020
ITHACA, New York, Feb. 14 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
In the pantheon of famous self-portraits, this one is less than a pixel - and it is us.
The iconic photograph of planet Earth from distant space - the "pale blue dot" - was taken 30 years ago - Feb. 14, 1990, at a distance of 3.7 billion miles, by the NASA spacecraft Voyager 1 as it zipped toward the far edge of the solar system. The late Cornell astronomy professor Carl Sagan came up w . . .
In the pantheon of famous self-portraits, this one is less than a pixel - and it is us.
The iconic photograph of planet Earth from distant space - the "pale blue dot" - was taken 30 years ago - Feb. 14, 1990, at a distance of 3.7 billion miles, by the NASA spacecraft Voyager 1 as it zipped toward the far edge of the solar system. The late Cornell astronomy professor Carl Sagan came up w . . .