What is the pale blue dot video about?

The following excerpt from Carl Sagan’s book Pale Blue Dot was inspired by an image taken, at Sagan’s suggestion, by Voyager 1 on 14 February 1990. As the spacecraft was departing our planetary neighborhood for the fringes of the solar system, it turned it around for one last look at its home planet.

Who narrates the Pale Blue Dot?

Carl Sagan
Check out the cool, unaccountably moving video (below) by David Fu to accompany the late great astronomer/educator/author Carl Sagan’s reading of “We Are Here” from his 1994 book TV series Cosmos.)

What is Pale Blue Dot picture?

Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of that day’s Family Portrait series of images of the Solar System.

What is the message of Carl Sagan’s essay The Pale Blue Dot?

“The Pale Blue” dot. The rays of light are artifacts on the photo from the Sun. NASA Sagan would later write about the photograph — and the deeper meaning he gleaned from it — in his 1994 book, “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space.”

How far away was the pale blue dot?

3.7 billion miles
On Valentine’s Day, 1990, 3.7 billion miles away from the sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft takes a photograph of Earth. The picture, known as Pale Blue Dot, depicts our planet as a nearly indiscernible speck roughly the size of a pixel.

When did Carl Sagan write Pale Blue Dot?

1994
In their 1994 book, “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space,” Druyan and Sagan took a poetic and holistic view of Earth – as a tiny speck, a pixel – in the famed photo. “Look again at that dot,” they wrote.

When was pale blue dot published?

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space/Originally published

Which Voyager took the Pale Blue Dot?

Voyager 1 spacecraft
On February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft saw Earth from a distance of nearly four billion miles, capturing a view of our planet later described by scientist Carl Sagan as a “Pale Blue Dot.”

Is Pale Blue Dot a poem?

The Pale Blue Dot It is a NASA photo of earth shown as a tiny speck in space. It was taken in 1990 by the Voyager I space probe 3.7 billion miles from earth. Maya Angelou, the poet, wrote a poem about the Pale Blue Dot photo. She named the poem A Brave and Startling Truth.

How far away was the Pale Blue Dot?

Where can I watch Pale Blue Dot?

Watch The pale blue dot | Prime Video.

What is the Little Blue Dot?

From space, our planet appears as a tiny blue dot in the vastness of space. Blue because 99% of all living space on Earth occurs in the Ocean. Tiny because of the enormity of the universe. Despite being tiny, we owe everything in our existence to this tiny blue dot and really every day should be regarded as Earth Day.

What is this Blue Dot for?

Blue Dot is a US-led collaboration with Australia and Japan that supports private-sector-led infrastructure financing opportunities in response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

What is blue dot?

A Blue Dot is one of the four communication styles that we each use. It is a way of describing the Sensationists’ style of communication. Quiet, pragmatic, caring, sensitive, and strong. People of this type tend to be caring, friendly, outgoing and enthusiastic, affectionate, articulate and tactful, highly empathetic but easily hurt.