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Did you know? In February 1990 Voyager 1 took a photograph of Earth at Carl Sagan's request — from 6 billion kilometres away. On the "Pale Blue Dot" image our planet is a single light-blue pixel. Sagan wrote: "a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."

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In February 1990 Voyager 1 took a photograph of Earth at Carl Sagan's request — from 6 billion kilometres away. On the "Pale Blue Dot" image our planet is a single light-blue pixel. Sagan wrote: "a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."

In februari 1990 maakte Voyager 1 op vraag van Carl Sagan een foto van de aarde — gezien vanaf 6 miljard kilometer. Op de "Pale Blue Dot"-foto is onze planeet één enkele lichtblauwe pixel. Sagan schreef erbij: "een stipje, gesuspendeerd in een zonnestraal."

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