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Pale Blue Dot2
Happy Earth day! We'll have a lot of green projects, recycling and eco-friendly projects throughout the day - post up your favorites or suggestions in the comments!

Pictured here, Earth from 4 billion miles away.

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Earth day (gov).

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Posted by: Anonymous on April 22, 2008 at 9:56 AM

That dot...it sure is pale--and blue.

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Posted by: Anonymous on April 22, 2008 at 10:01 AM

Hey! I think I can see my house from up here.

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Posted by: Ianga La' Her on April 22, 2008 at 10:31 AM

How do we know what earth looks like from 4 billion miles away? Have we gone that far into space?

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Posted by: Trevyn on April 22, 2008 at 3:50 PM

Ianga La' Her:

We have. Voyagers 1 and 2 are both currently 7.5 billion miles away from the sun, and still going (and still transmitting!). I would guess that one of them took this picture.

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