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Alexander Mikhailian

Alexander Mikhailian

ESA fingerprint?

Is it just me or the ESA logo indeed looks like a fingerprint? Turns out, they wanted to represent a planet. I learned this while reading the ESA Visual Design Guidelines. Do you see a planet on the picture?

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