This updated version of “the Pale Blue Dot,” made for the photo’s 30th anniversary in 2020, uses modern image-processing software and techniques to revisit the well-known Voyager view while attempting to respect the original data and intent of those who planned the images.
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Earth is but a tiny light blue dot in this 30th anniversary version of the iconic “Pale Blue Dot” image. The original photo, taken by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft on Feb. 14, 1990, is now 35 years old. Voyager 1 was 3.7 billion miles (6 billion km) away from the Sun, giving it a unique vantage point to take a series of photos that created a “family portrait” of our solar system. Voyager’s view was important to Carl Sagan and the Voyager Imaging Team; they felt this photo was needed to show Earth’s vulnerability and that our home world is just a tiny, fragile speck in the cosmic ocean.
Learn more about this famous image of our home planet.
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这是为纪念2020年这张照片发布30周年而制作的“暗淡蓝点”的更新版本，它使用现代图像处理软件和技术重新审视了著名的旅行者号视图，同时试图尊重设计这些图像的人的原始数据和意图。
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在这张30周年纪念版的标志性“暗淡蓝点”图像中，地球只是一个微小的淡蓝色圆点。原始照片由NASA旅行者1号宇宙飞船于1990年2月14日拍摄，至今已有35年历史。旅行者1号距离太阳37亿英里（60亿千米），这使它拥有了一个独特的有利位置，拍摄了一系列照片，为我们的太阳系绘制了一幅 “全家福”。旅行者号的视角对卡尔·萨根和旅行者成像团队来说很重要；他们认为需要这张照片来展示地球的脆弱性，以及我们的家园只是宇宙海洋中一个微小、脆弱的斑点。
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