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In images like the pale blue dot image, how does one go about taking a photograph of the earth itself and the area it's in? Is it just an artist's representatio
by makmanalp 16y ago
In images like the pale blue dot image, how does one go about taking a photograph of the earth itself and the area it's in? Is it just an artist's representation? It could be a satellite image but it seems to far in this case (I don't think we've ever had a craft leave the solar system). There are also images of the milky way, which we're inside of, and that doesn't quite make sense to me either.
- RK 16y agoThe Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by Voyager 1 from 6.1 billion km away at the request of Carl Sagan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot
- quadhome 16y agoVoyager I[1] has left the solar system. Though, that photo was taken from much closer. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1