Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot - 30 Years On
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 Published On Feb 14, 2020

30 years ago, Carl Sagan requested the Voyager 1 spacecraft take one last picture of Earth. This is the legacy of the Pale Blue Dot. Join us in our search for life in the Universe.

Pale Blue Dot text courtesy of Ann Druyan.

Special thanks to Ryan MacDonald, Jack Madden, Thea Kozakis, Lara Sky Kaltenegger, Mark Sarvary, Zifan Lin, Maryame El Moutamid, Andrew Ridden-Harper, Nikole Lewis, Jake Turner, Ishan Mishra, Zoe Ponterio, Lisa Kaltenegger, and Ann Druyan for lending their voices.

The Carl Sagan Institute logo was created by Christo Downs.

**** Further information and links ****

*The Carl Sagan Institute:
http://carlsaganinstitute.org/
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*'Iconic ‘pale blue dot’ photo – Carl Sagan’s idea – turns 30':
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020...

*'Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot' (original photo):
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resource...

*'Carl Sagan Unveils the Pale Blue Dot' (Planetary Society):
https://www.planetary.org/multimedia/...

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