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Image of the Pale Blue Dot. The image was processed by JPL engineer and image processing enthusiast Kevin M. Gill with input from two of the image's original planners, Candy Hansen and William Kosmann. Full quote from Carl Sagan from Pale Blue Dot, 1994. Source https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/230027-look-again-at-that-dot-that-s-here-that-s-home-that-s

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Image of the Pale Blue Dot. The image was processed by JPL engineer and image processing enthusiast Kevin M. Gill with input from two of the image's original planners, Candy Hansen and William Kosmann. Full quote from Carl Sagan from Pale Blue Dot, 1994. Source https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/230027-look-again-at-that-dot-that-s-here-that-s-home-that-s
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AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 13:50:56 UTC AkaSci 🛰️

34 years ago, on Feb 14, 1990, Voyager 1 took this image of the "Pale Blue Dot" from 6 billion km away, minutes before its cameras were shut off forever.
Carl Sagan, who played a key role in the mission wrote -
"To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
34 years later, how well are we doing on these 2 counts? How can we do better?
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia23645-pale-blue-dot-revisited
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