Robert McNees

"That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives." —Carl Sagan

Voyager 1 captured the "Pale Blue Dot" image #OTD in 1990.

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Feb 14, 2023 at 1:39pmWeb
Show threadRobert McNeesFeb 14, 2023

The Pale Blue Dot was just one frame from a mosaic of 60 images recorded by the Voyager 1 cameras #OTD in 1990. Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all visible, though Earth and Venus were each just a fraction of a pixel.

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00451

Catalog Page for PIA00451

Show threadRobert McNeesFeb 14, 2023
A few years ago JPL engineer @kevinmgill, with input from Candy Hansen and William Kosmann, used modern techniques to process the original image data and produce a new version of the iconic photo.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Show threadRobert McNeesFeb 14, 2023
Each year on this day @Gargron should make every "." in a post render as a little pale blue dot.
Show threadRobert McNeesFeb 14, 2024
Roses are red
The dot is pale blue
Here's a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam
Seen from a distance of 40 AU
Show threadLikely Jan LukasFeb 14, 2024

@mcnees

Perfect poem. 🙂

Show threadDavid NashFeb 14, 2024
@mcnees Receders are red
Approachers are blue
That's how the spectra change
When it's galaxies you view
Show threadStargeezer SmithFeb 15, 2024
@mcnees
Roses Are red
On our planet place
But who knows if that
Is the same out in space
Show threadsleepysafFeb 14, 2023
@mcnees Oh shit...
Show threadRobert McNeesFeb 14, 2023
@sleepysaf lol
Show threadHelen PlettsFeb 14, 2023
@mcnees yep, i’m a quiet peace lovin’ human on a pale blue dot…sharing it with some people with dot-sized attitudes, unfortunately…