Sometime a week from tomorrow — on the 18th (depending on your time zone), Voyager will reach A Full Light-Day, in distance, from all of us — here on Earth.
So. . . why would we flash Morse Code lights, tonight — or during the coming week?! Well, because it will take a full day, for Voyager to “see” it. That’s how far away it is. Amazing! Here are the deets:
…NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is about to pass an extraordinary milestone, a distance reached by no other human-made object: one light-day away from Earth.
After sunset on Tuesday, Nov. 17, we invite you to “Shine Bright for Voyager’s Light-Day” by lighting a signal skyward, joining a worldwide celebration of this historic moment, nearly 50 years in the making.
To participate, click this on your phone — or, grab a flashlight and shine V-G-R in Morse code….
Or, turn your phone flashlight on and off, in the pattern shown at right. Very cool, and well done — v’ger! Out. [This will be re-run in a week.]
नमस्ते
