File:PBD pale blue dot 2.jpg

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The light band over Earth is an artifact of sunlight scattering in the camera's optics, resulting from the small angle between the Earth and the Sun. The Earth takes up less than a single pixel - NASA says "only 0.12 pixel in size". Cropped.

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