Posts Tagged ‘earth day’

happy earth day

In images, life, photography, quotes, stardust on 22 April 2011 tagged carl sagan, earth day, pale blue dot with no comments

by request of carl sagan, NASA commanded the voyager 1 spacecraft, having completed its primary mission and now leaving the solar system, to turn its camera around and take this photograph of earth — the pale blue dot, against the vastness of space. From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of particular [...]

thousand word thursday | earth day edition

In images, life, quotes, stardust on 22 April 2010 tagged carl sagan, earth day, pale blue dot with 1 comment

this is a photograph of planet earth taken in 1990 by voyager 1 from a record distance, showing it against the vastness of space. by request of carl sagan, NASA commanded the voyager 1 spacecraft, having completed its primary mission and now leaving the solar system, to turn its camera around and to take a [...]