Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot Tapestry Size:60" x 50" satellite images of Earth at

satellite images of Earth at night have served as a fundamental research tool

V ("visual"

three-dimensional map of our Galaxy

Sun-like star

100 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus

Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot Tapestry Size:60" x 50" satellite images of Earth atThe Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken Feb. 14, 1990, by NASAs Voyager 1 at a distance of 3. 7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) from the Sun. The image inspired the title of scientist Carl Sagan's book, "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space," in which he wrote: "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us." Credit: NASA JPL Caltech