In the “Pale Blue Dot” photo why is earth “suspended in a sun beam”?

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the way I imagine it the sun is emitting light from all angles at all times. Why did the photo have streaks of light? I assume this is because of the camera but it has multiple pilers of light so I am confused. maybe because the sun doesn’t emit the same amount of light from each area depending on flares? I am tagging this physics but if people think that this is more engineering I’ll change it.

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>Why did the photo have streaks of light?

Because lens flare happens sometimes, and can be unavoidable when you involve extremely bright light sources, which the Sun certainly qualifies as.

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