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Earth lies right in the center of one of the scattered light rays resulting from taking the image so close to the sun. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of one of the most iconic images of Earth, NASA processed a new version of Voyager's \"Pale Blue Dot.\"


Voyager 1 reached interstellar space in August 2012 and is the most distant human-made object in existence.", "items": [], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 320643, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13544/#media_group_320643", "widget": "Video player", "title": "", "caption": "", "description": "In this animation, the camera flies out of the solar system to reveal the locations of both the Voyager spacecraft and the structures of the heliosphere.", "items": [ { "id": 230355, "type": "media", "extra_data": null, "title": null, "caption": null, "instance": { "id": 386998, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013500/a013544/voyager_location_pull_out_from_solar_system_still_copy.jpg", "filename": "voyager_location_pull_out_from_solar_system_still_copy.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "In this animation, the camera flies out of the solar system to reveal the locations of both the Voyager spacecraft and the structures of the heliosphere.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } }, { "id": 230354, "type": "media", "extra_data": null, "title": null, "caption": null, "instance": { "id": 386997, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013500/a013544/voyager_location_pull_out_from_solar_system_IPAD_high.mp4", "filename": "voyager_location_pull_out_from_solar_system_IPAD_high.mp4", "media_type": "Movie", "alt_text": "In this animation, the camera flies out of the solar system to reveal the locations of both the Voyager spacecraft and the structures of the heliosphere.", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } }, { "id": 230356, "type": "media", "extra_data": null, "title": null, "caption": null, "instance": { "id": 386999, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013500/a013544/voyager_location_pull_out_from_solar_system_IPAD_high.webm", "filename": "voyager_location_pull_out_from_solar_system_IPAD_high.webm", "media_type": "Movie", "alt_text": "In this animation, the camera flies out of the solar system to reveal the locations of both the Voyager spacecraft and the structures of the heliosphere.", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 320644, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13544/#media_group_320644", "widget": "Single image", "title": "", "caption": "", "description": "Called “Pale Blue Dot,” Voyager 1 took this image of Earth on February 14, 1990 from a distance of about 4 billion miles. 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