blue dot

Example Sentences

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Glover could feel the love emanating from our pale blue dot, defying distance.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

One large blue dot at South Georgia island in the South Atlantic Ocean, for example, signifies 130,611 whale catches, most of them fin whales.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

It will come nearest to Earth in June 2024, when it will pass some 144 million miles from our blue dot.

From Scientific American • Jul. 26, 2023

Its basic functionality is simple: OnX shows you where you are in real time, using a blue dot exactly the same as the one on Google Maps.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2022

I look back again, and the police officer is a blue dot against a blur of cars.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi