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Collection:
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Solar System Portrait - Earth as 'Pale Blue Dot
Title
Solar System Portrait - Earth as 'Pale Blue Dot
Title
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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This narrow-angle color image of the Earth, dubbed 'Pale Blue Dot', is a part of the first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by Voyager 1. The spacecraft acquired a total of 60 frames for a mosaic of the solar system from a distance of more than 4 billion miles from Earth and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic. From Voyager's great distance Earth is a mere point of light, less than the size of a picture element even in the narrow-angle camera. Earth was a crescent only 0.12 pixel in size. Coincidentally, Earth lies right in the center of one of the scattered light rays resulting from taking the image so close to the sun. This blown-up image of the Earth was taken through three color filters -- violet, blue and green -- and recombined to produce the color image. The background features in the image are artifacts resulting from the magnification.
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
This narrow-angle color image of the Earth, dubbed 'Pale Blue Dot', is a part of the first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by Voyager 1. The spacecraft acquired a total of 60 frames for a mosaic of the solar system from a distance of more than 4 billion miles from Earth and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic. From Voyager's great distance Earth is a mere point of light, less than the size of a picture element even in the narrow-angle camera. Earth was a crescent only 0.12 pixel in size. Coincidentally, Earth lies right in the center of one of the scattered light rays resulting from taking the image so close to the sun. This blown-up image of the Earth was taken through three color filters -- violet, blue and green -- and recombined to produce the color image. The background features in the image are artifacts resulting from the magnification.
Original Caption Released with Image
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Addition Date:
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1996-09-12
Addition_Date
1996-09-12
Addition Date
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Produced By:
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JPL
Produced_By
JPL
Produced By
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Mission:
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Voyager
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Spacecraft:
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Voyager 1
Spacecraft
Voyager 1
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Earth
Target_Name
Earth
Target Name
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
Is_a_satellite_of
Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Instrument
Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Instrument
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Product Size:
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453 samples x 614 lines
Product_Size
453 samples x 614 lines
Product Size
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Primary Data Set:
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Voyager EDRs
Primary_Data_Set
Voyager EDRs
Primary Data Set
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Producer ID:
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P36088
Producer_ID
P36088
Producer ID
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facet_what:
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Sun
facet_what
Sun
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Voyager
facet_what
Voyager
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Voyager 1
facet_what
Voyager 1
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Earth
facet_what
Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
facet_what
Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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Image #:
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PIA00452
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA00452
UID
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA00452
UID
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orignial url:
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orignial url
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