<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The famous photo of the Earth, known as"a pale blue point “ celebrates its 30th anniversary this February 14. “data-reactid =” 32 “> The famous photo of the Earth, known as”a pale blue point “ celebrates its 30th anniversary this February 14.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "It was picked up by the probe Voyager 1 from a distance of approximately 6,000 million kilometers. “data-reactid =” 33 “> It was captured by the probe Voyager 1 from a distance of approximately 6,000 million kilometers.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "To commemorate this date, NASA has remastered the conical landscape, respecting the essence of the original image. “data-reactid =” 34 “> To commemorate this date, NASA has remastered the conical landscape, respecting the essence of the original image.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "This new version of the photo continues to show our planet like a tiny pixel in the vastness of space, trapped inside a sunbeam, only that it looks a little sharper. “data-reactid =” 35 “> This new version of the photo continues to show our planet as a tiny pixel in the vastness of space, trapped inside a sunbeam, only it looks a little sharper.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The" pale blue dot "was part of a sequence of photos taken by Voyager before its camera system was turned off to save energy.“data-reactid =” 36 “> The” pale blue dot “was part of a sequence of photos taken by Voyager before its camera system was turned off to save energy.
This is the original image that the Voyager probe took before turning off its camera.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "After I toured the planets and before it plunged into deep space, the probe had a last mission“data-reactid =” 57 “> After he toured the planets and before he plunged into deep space, the probe had a last mission
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Carl Sagan and Carolyn Porco, two image scientists of the mission, they convinced the directors of the NASA so that the ship made a “family portrait of the solar system”.“data-reactid =” 58 “> Carl Sagan and Carolyn Porco, two mission imaging scientists, convinced NASA managers to make the ship make a “family portrait of the solar system”.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The probe took a total of 60 photos that included the Sun and six of the main planets: Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.“data-reactid =” 59 “> The probe took a total of 60 photos that included the Sun and six of the main planets: Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Mercury and Mars (and Pluto) were left out for several reasons.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The red planet, for example, could not distinguish between sunlight streams that bounced inside the camera’s optics. “data-reactid =” 61 “> The red planet, for example, could not distinguish between sunlight streams that bounced inside the camera optics.
Inspiration
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "One of the reasons why the photo is he became so famous is for the popularity of the scientist and disseminator Carl Sagan“data-reactid =” 63 “> One of the reasons why the photo became so famous is because of the popularity of the writings of the scientist and disseminator Carl Sagan
![Saturn and Earth.](https://i0.wp.com/s.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif?w=900&ssl=1)
The Cassini probe took its own version of the photo in 20143, in which Saturn’s rings are appreciated.
“Look again at that point. The one that is here. That is the home. That is us,” the scientist wrote in his book “A pale blue dot: a vision of the human future in space,” published in 1994.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "" In it, everyone you love, everyone Those you know, everyone you've heard, every human being that ever existed, he lived his life there“.” data-reactid = “85”> “In it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you’ve heard, every human being that ever existed, he lived his life there“.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "And compared the Earth with" a speck of dust suspended in a sunbeam “.” data-reactid = “86”> And compared the Earth with “a speck of dust suspended in a sunbeam. “
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Image" confronts us with a powerful recognition of ourselves, a recognition that never stops move us“said Carolyn Porco, remembering it for the BBC in 2013.” data-reactid = “87”> The image “confronts us with a powerful recognition of ourselves, a recognition that never stops move us“said Carolyn Porco, remembering it for the BBC in 2013.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Garry Hunt, who was part of the team in charge of the Voyager images, says that the photo is more relevant today than ever.30 years later, Hunt still shows the image in his conferences.“data-reactid =” 88 “> Garry Hunt, who was part of the team in charge of Voyager images, says the photo is more relevant today than ever. 30 years later, Hunt still shows the image in his conferences.
![Voyager](https://i0.wp.com/s.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif?w=900&ssl=1)
The Voyager probe took the iconic photo of the Earth.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "" Every time I give a talk about the weather and I talk about what you can do to make a change, I put this image, because it shows that the Earth is a stain isolated“Hunt said on the BBC Radio Today show.” data-reactid = “113”> “Every time I give a talk about the weather and talk about what you can do to make a change, I put this image, because it shows that the Earth is a stain isolated“Hunt said on the BBC Radio Today show.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "" This little blue dot is the only place where we can live, and we are doing it a disaster“.” data-reactid = “114”> “This little blue dot is the only place where we can live, and we are doing it a disaster“.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Carolyn Porco recreated the Pale Blue Point with the probe Cassini in 2013, turning that ship's camera system towards Earth and capturing the blue pixel below the Saturn’s rings.“data-reactid =” 115 “> Carolyn Porco recreated the Pale Blue Point with the Cassini probe in 2013, turning that ship’s camera system to Earth and capturing the blue pixel below the Saturn’s rings.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Getting a view of our home is now considered something essential for all missions that fly to remote space. “data-reactid =” 116 “> Getting a view of our home is now considered something essential for all missions that fly to remote space.
The New Horizons spacecraft, which made an overflight close to Pluto in 2015 and is now located just over 7 billion kilometers from Earth, is expected to try to repeat the Voyager photographic feat.
“A perspective never seen before”
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "For Adriana C. Ocampo, NASA scientist , the image of a pale blue dot has a value educational, emotional and cultural. “data-reactid =” 119 “> For Adriana C. Ocampo, a NASA scientist, the image of a pale blue dot has a value educational, emotional and cultural.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "" That dot gave us a perspective never seen before , was to see us in one new way“, Campo tells BBC Mundo.” data-reactid = “120”> “That little dot gave us a perspective never seen before, it was to see us from a new way“, Campo tells BBC Mundo.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "" It is an image that keeps us thinking . As a species we opened a door of what insignificant that we are in space “.” data-reactid = “121”> “It is an image that keeps us thinking. As a species we opened a door of what insignificant that we are in space. “
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "For the scientist, the photo shows us what “fragile that is the Earth in space immensity”.“data-reactid =” 122 “> For the scientist, the photo shows us what “fragile that is the Earth in space immensity”.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "" The image reminds us of the importance of recognizing as species that we are all in the same celestial sphere and we have to become aware to investigate, explore and take more care of our planet and the solar system we live in. ” data-reactid = “123”> “The image reminds us of the importance of recognizing as a species that we are all in the same celestial sphere and have to become aware to investigate, explore and take more care of our planet and the solar system we live in. “