Breathtaking.
http://dvice.com/archives/2013/01/astronauts-expl-1.php
In 1990, the late Carl Sagan had the inspired idea of turning the camera on Voyager 1 (which had just passed Saturn) back towards Earth. The resulting image, shows the Earth as just 3 pale blue pixels against a field of stars. Professor Sagan put it far more eloquently when he coined the phrase, "pale blue dot":
Video of Carl Sagan speaking about it:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M&desktop_uri=/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M
And some of his writings:
http://arnett.us.com/psc/pbd.html
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