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NASA breaks the record with the photos taken furthest from the Earth

Feb 12, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic Leave a Comment

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NASA has treated us with plenty of amazing photos from space, and their New Horizons spacecraft has recently captured two record-breaking images.  3.79 billion miles from Earth, the spacecraft snapped photos of Kuiper Belt objects which are now officially the farthest images ever taken by a spacecraft.

The goal of New Horizons is to answer questions about Pluto, its moons, and Kuiper Belt objects. With its Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), it has observed several Kuiper Belt objects and dwarf planets.

Before New Horizons set the new record, the old one was held by Voyager 1. It captured the famous “Pale Blue Dot” photo of the Earth on 14 February 1990. It was taken when Voyager was 3.75 billion miles from the Earth. Almost 28 years later, on 5 December 2017, New Horizons broke the record by capturing the furthest image ever made by a spacecraft. It first snapped this frame of Wishing Well star cluster.

Only two hours after taking the above photo, New Horizons captured these false-color images of Kuiper Belt objects 2012 HZ84 (left) and 2012 HE85. For now, these are the furthest photo ever taken from the Earth: 3.79 billion miles from our home planet.

If you want to learn more about New Horizons and follow it on its mission, you can check out this link.

[via WIRED, NASA; image credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI]

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About Dunja Djudjic

Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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