Earth from 6 billion km away — just a pale blue dot suspended in a sunbeam

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image showing Earth from 6 billion km away — just a pale blue dot suspended in a sunbeam

Flapjack_Ace on May 17th, 2025 at 11:41 UTC »

Hey, I’ve been there!

rocketfish03 on May 17th, 2025 at 11:50 UTC »

Reported because i’m in this picture without permission.

kali_nath on May 17th, 2025 at 12:15 UTC »

Mind blowing that this was made 50 years ago, the processing power of that whole spacecraft is barely higher than a current day scientific calculator. They managed to design, command controls, and integrate all sort of sensors and a camera that could capture and send a picture beyond our solar system.

People who worked on this project deserve every best scientific awards possible on earth.

I wish they continued the program and launched a few more at every 10 year interval.