First portrait of our solar system

First portrait of our solar system
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By February 1990, when these images were taken, Voyager 1 was farther from the sun than Pluto, and approximately 4 billion miles from Earth.

These pictures were the first ever taken of our solar system's planets from beyond their orbit.

December 3, 2012 3:22 PM PST

Photo by: Voyager Project, JPL, NASA

| Caption by: James Martin

 

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