Images on the Voyager Golden Record

Golden Record Cover with interstellar instructions for use

Data disk with picture and sound information

The images on the Voyager Golden Record form the first section on the interstellar data disk. The data track contains 115 images stored in analog form, plus a test image for calibration. This is the only picture that is also on the "Interstellar Instructions for Use" (rectangle with circle). The rest consists of audio data (speech and pieces of music).

Coding the images

The images are coded analogously on the plate. The company Colorado video was ready to turn on its investment, the images for free as a public service in tone. Of the 116 illustrations, only 18 are color photographs . The other 98 images, which also consist of diagrams and drawings, are in black and white , as a color image would have required three times as much storage space and thus three times as much time to record on the plate.

photos

The images are sorted in the order in which they are on the data disk. In the picture or web link column , either the original picture is shown, or as long as there is no copyright release for it, a web link to the corresponding NASA site , if the picture is not available on their site, the web link is marked with a * .

#	Image or web link	category	motive	Originator
1	image	(Calibration)	Circle in rectangle	Jon Lomberg
2	image	universe	Pulsar map depicting the Milky Way	Frank Drake
3	image	mathematics	Mathematical Definitions	Frank Drake
4th	image	mathematics	Definitions for physical quantities	Frank Drake
5	image	universe	Solar system parameters	Frank Drake
6th	image	universe	Solar system parameters	Frank Drake
7th	Image*	universe	Sun	Hale observatory
8th	image	physics	Solar spectrum	National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center , Cornell University
9	image	universe	Mercury	NASA
10	image	universe	Mars	NASA
11	image	universe	Jupiter	NASA
12	image	universe	earth	NASA
13	image	universe	Earth , Red Sea , Sinai Peninsula and the Nile	NASA
14th	image	chemistry	Chemical definitions	Frank Drake
15th	image	chemistry	DNS structure	Jon Lomberg
16	image	chemistry	DNA structure enlarged, big hit	Jon Lomberg
17th	Image*	biology	Cells and cell division	Turtox / Cambosco
18th	Image*	biology	Human anatomy	World Book
19th	Image*	biology	Human anatomy	World Book
20th	Image*	biology	Human anatomy	World Book
21st	Image*	biology	Human anatomy	World Book
22nd	Image*	biology	Human anatomy	World Book
23	Image*	biology	Human anatomy	World Book
24	Image*	biology	Human anatomy	World Book
25th	Image*	biology	Human anatomy	World Book
26th	Image*	biology	Human reproductive organs	Sinauer Associates Inc.
27	Image*	biology	Diagram of conception , fertilization	Jon Lomberg
28	Image*	biology	fertilization	Albert Bonniers , Forlag, Stockholm
29	Image*	biology	Fertilized egg , after one second and after 43,200 seconds (12 hours) the first cell division	Albert Bonniers, Forlag, Stockholm
30th	image	biology	Diagram of the fetus after 3,456,000 seconds (40 days) with a size of 2.5 cm and after 5,184,000 seconds (60 days) with a size of 5 cm.	Jon Lomberg
31	Image*	biology	fetus	Frank Allan
32	image	biology	Diagram of a 20-year-old man (160 cm) and a pregnant woman of the same age (155 cm)	Jon Lomberg
33	Image*	biology	birth	Wayne Miller
34	image	biology	Breastfeeding mother with infant	United Nations
35	Image*	biology	Father carries his daughter (Malaysia)	David Harvey
36	Image*	biology	Group of seated children	Ruby Mera , UNICEF
37	image	biology	Diagram of age and weight in a family (refers to Figure 38): 30-year-old woman with 54.5 kg, 12-year-old girl with 38.5 kg, 80-year-old woman with 42.5 kg and four-year-old boy with 22 , 5 kg	Jon Lomberg
38	Image*	biology	Family photo (refers to picture 37)	Nina Leen , Time , Inc.
39	image	geology	Diagram of the Earth's continental drift . Three images: 1.5 billion years ( Pangea ), 4.5 billion years (time the probes were launched) and a look into the future 4.51 billion years	Jon Lomberg
40	image	geology	Diagram of the earth structure (earth diameter: 12756 km = 1 e)	Jon Lomberg
41	Image*	geology	Heron Island ( Great Barrier Reef in Australia )	Jay Myron Pasachoff
42	Image*	geology	Coast with lighthouse	Dick Smith
43		geology	Snake River in Grand Teton National Park overlooking Teton Range	Ansel Adams
44	Image*	geology	Sand dunes with rider and dog	George Mobley
45	Image*	geology	Monument Valley and herd of goats in the foreground	Shostal Associates, Inc.
46	Image*	biology	Forest scene with mushrooms	Bruce Dale
47	Image*	biology	Sheet with raindrops and dimensions 2 cm	J. Arthur Herrick
48	Image*	biology	A woman sweeps up fallen leaves with a rake	Jodi Cobb
49	Image*	biology	Snow on sequoia trees , figure of an ice crystal	Josef Muench , R. Sisson
50	Image*	biology	Tree with daffodils in the Winterthur garden	Winterthur Museum
51	Image*	biology	Flying insect with flowers	Stephen Dalton
52	image	biology	Diagram of vertebrate evolution . Drawing shows: shark, fish, amphibian, frog, crocodile, bird, antelope as well as man and woman	Jon Lomberg
53	Image*	biology	Sea clam ( Xancidae )	Harry N. Abrams , Inc.
54	Image*	biology	Dolphins	Thomas Nebbia
55	Image*	biology	School of fish with divers in the background	David Doubilet
56	Image*	biology	Tree toad in hand	Dave Wickstrom
57	Image*	biology	crocodile lying on its back	Peter Beard
58	Image*	biology	Eagle	Donona, Taplinger Publishing Co.
59	Image*	biology	Waterhole in Africa with zebras, wildebeests and antelopes	South African tourist organization
60	Image*	biology	Jane Goodall with chimpanzees	Vanne Morris-Goodall
61	image	anthropology	Sketch of two San chasing an antelope with a spear. Drawing refers to picture 62	Jon Lomberg
62	Image*	anthropology	San hunt an antelope	R. Farbman Time, Inc.
63	image	anthropology	Man from Guatemala	United Nations
64	Image*	anthropology	Dancer from Bali	Donna Grosvenor
65	Image*	anthropology	Women from the Andes	Joseph Scherschel
66	Image*	anthropology	Craftsman from Thailand	Dean Conger
67	Image*	biology	Asian working elephant at the back of wood	Peter Kunstadter
68	Image*	anthropology	Old man with a beard and glasses smokes a cigarette in Turkey	Jonathon Blair
69	Image*	anthropology	Old man goes for a walk with a dog ( Spitz ) on a flower meadow	Bruce Baumann
70	Image*	Sports	climber	Gaston Rébuffat
71	Image*	Sports	Gymnastics Image overlay of a gymnastic exercise on the balance beam	Philip Leonian Sports Illustrated
72	image	Sports	Sprinter ( Valery Borsov from the USSR in the lead in the 200-meter run during the 1972 Summer Olympics )	History of the Olympics, Picturepoint, London
73	image	education	Classroom, teacher helping students to write (Asia)	United Nations
74	image	education	Children of different ethnic backgrounds with a globe	United Nations
75	Image*	Agriculture	Cotton - harvesting	Howell Walker
76	Image*	Agriculture	Person in the vintage , biting into a Perkel	David Moore
77	image	nutrition	Supermarket , woman with shopping trolley bites into grapes	National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
78	Image*	biology	Underwater scene with divers and fish	Jerry Greenberg
79	image	nutrition	Fishing boat with nets	United Nations
80	Image*	nutrition	Fish on the grill (Spain and Portugal)	Time-Life Books
81	Image*	nutrition	Chinese dinner	Time-Life Books
82	image	nutrition	Demonstration of ice licking, eating and drinking	NAIC
83	Image*	architecture	Great Wall of China	Edward H. Kim
84	image	architecture	House building in Africa	United Nations
85	Image*	architecture	House building among the Amish	William Albert Allard
86	image	architecture	House in africa	United Nations
87	Image*	architecture	House in New England	Robert Sisson
88	image	architecture	Modern home in Cloudcroft , New Mexico	Frank Drake
89	Image*	architecture	Living room with fireplace and pictures on the wall, on the edge you can see a person painting a picture	Jim Amos
90	Image*	architecture	Taj Mahal	DavidCaroll
91	Image*	urbanity	Oxford	CS Lewis , Images of His World, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
92	Image*	urbanity	Boston	Ted Spiegel
93	image	urbanity	UN headquarters on the day	United Nations
94	image	urbanity	UN headquarters at night	United Nations
95	Image*	architecture	Sydney Opera House	Mike Long
96	Image*	job	Craftsman with drill (drill press)	Frank Hewlett
97	Image*	job	Factory interior	Fred Ward
98	Image*	Culture	Museum visitors look at an exhibit	David Cupp
99	image	science	X-ray of a hand	NAIC
100	image	science	Woman with microscope	United Nations
101	image	traffic	Street scene in Pakistan	United Nations
102	image	traffic	Rush hour in India	United Nations
103	image	traffic	Highway in Ithaca	NAIC
104	Image*	architecture	Golden Gate Bridge , with size indication 1280 meters	Ansel Adams
105	Image*	traffic	Train, with size indication 12 meters	Gordon Gahan
106	image	traffic	Airplane shortly after takeoff	Frank Drake
107	Image*	traffic	Toronto airport	George Hunter
108	Image*	science	Antarctic expedition, tracked vehicle hangs in a crevice, Great Adventures with the National Geographic	National Geographic
109	Image*	science	Radio telescope in Westerbork , Netherlands. In front of it a group of cyclists	James Blair
110	image	science	Radio telescope in Arecibo	NAIC
111	image	science	Book page from Newton 's System of the World , pp. 5-6	NAIC
112	image	Space travel	Astronaut Edward White during a space exit	NASA
113	image	Space travel	Launch of a Titan Centaur rocket from NASA	NASA
114	Image*	nature	Sunset with birds	David Harvey
115	Image*	Culture	String Quartet ( Quartetto Italiano )	Phillips Recordings, Phonogram International
116	image	Culture	Violin with sheet music ( Cavatina )	NAIC

literature

• Sagan, Drake, Lomberg et al .: Signals from the Earth. Our planet introduces itself . Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf., Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-426-03676-2 (English: Murmurs of Earth. The Voyager Interstellar Record . German-language paperback edition without replica CD-ROM).
• Jon Lomberg: Pictures of the Earth , pp. 70–165

Web links

Commons : Images for the Voyager Golden Record  collection of images, videos, and audio files

• NASA: Voyager Golden Record (Further information; English)
• The Voyager Spacecraft Interstellar Record (Detailed description and explanation of the back cover; English)
• Very Hopeful About Life on This Planet , goldenrecord.org (Unabridged contents of the Golden Record; English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jon Lomberg: Pictures from the earth . P. 71
2. ↑ Jon Lomberg: Pictures from the earth . P. 72