pale blue dot

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Etymology[edit]

Referring to the Earth's appearance from space; the Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 spacecraft from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers.

Proper noun[edit]

pale blue dot

  1. The planet Earth.

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