[BITList] The Pale blue dot

[John Feltham]

From a correspondent…



How appropriate for a New Years Eve message!
 

It’s just a couple of minutes to pause and adjust our perceptions. 


This excerpt from Carl Sagan's book Pale Blue Dot (1994) was inspired by an image taken,  at Sagan's suggestion, by Voyager 1 on Feb 14, 1990.  From a distance of about 6 billion km  Voyager 1, which had completed its primary mission and was leaving the Solar System,  was commanded by NASA to turn its camera around and take one last photo of Earth across a great expanse of space, at the request of Carl Sagan. The accompanying words, written 27 yrs ago are still relevant today.

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