Scattered light in Pale Blue Dot image by Voyager 1 |
Scattered light in Pale Blue Dot image by Voyager 1 |
 Sep 7 2007, 02:55 PM
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Consider Sagan's description of the Earth as "a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam" as seen in the Pale Blue Dot image by Voyager 1. The image caption mentions scattered sunlight, i.e. Sagan's sunbeam. Was that light scattered within the probe's imaging system or somewhere else, such as by dust in other parts of the Solar System?
Paolo Amoroso -------------------- Avventure Planetarie - Blog sulla comunicazione e divulgazione scientifica
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Sep 7 2007, 06:39 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
Hallo Paolo, I think we know each other...
 (for the other UMSFers, we really know each other!)On scattered light in Voyager pictures looking toward the Sun, you can also see this old post of mine http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...amp;#entry76714 |
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Paolo Amoroso Scattered light in Pale Blue Dot image by Voyager 1 Sep 7 2007, 02:55 PM
ugordan Imaging subsystem artifacts. When looking very nea... Sep 7 2007, 02:57 PM |
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