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

“I’m nervous, but the image of the pale blue dot gives me courage. I just think of the moment as something occurring in that small little speck.”

From New York Times • May 9, 2023

The photo also shows seven of the planet's moons, including its largest satellite, Triton, the bright blue dot to Neptune's upper left.

From Scientific American • Dec. 20, 2022

I didn’t like being on a pale blue dot, surrounded by nothing, a nothing that expanded around us in every direction.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin