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Pale Blue Dot (en.wikipedia.org)

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Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from an unprecedented distance of approximately 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU).

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

watched the original Cosmos series when I was 10 or 11. it opened up my perspective on everything.

recently purchased a copy for my kids to watch. ∞/10 would recommend.