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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 13:39:51 UTC 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

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   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 14:55:07 UTC Robert McNees

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     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

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 15:01:58 UTC Robert McNees

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     • Kevin Gill

     A few years go 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

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 15:54:30 UTC Robert McNees

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     • Eugen 🎄

     Each year on this day @Gargron should make every "." in a post render as a little pale blue dot.

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 18:11:49 UTC Robert McNees

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     • sleepysaf

     @sleepysaf lol

   • sleepysaf (sleepysaf@meow.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 18:11:50 UTC sleepysaf

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     @mcnees Oh shit...

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 17:37:02 UTC Robert McNees

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     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