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| In 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft was commanded by NASA to turn its camera around and take a photograph of Earth, at the request of Carl Sagan. At the time, Voyager 1 was at a record distance of about 3.7 billion miles from Earth. In the photograph, the Earth appears as a tiny speck, or “pale blue dot”. | In 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft was commanded by NASA to turn its camera around and take a photograph of Earth, at the request of Carl Sagan. At the time, Voyager 1 was at a record distance of about 3.7 billion miles from Earth. In the photograph, the Earth appears as a tiny speck, or “pale blue dot”. | ||