Alone in the Universe

In order to write about "When the Night Comes" yester-day, I referenced the lyrics in the liner notes of Alone in the Universe.  In doing so, I discovered something about the gatefold picture.  In the lower right corner of the left half (just above the Les Paul guitar), there's the golden record carried on the Voyager space probes:

Here's a picture of the golden record from NASA's website:

After I saw this and confirmed what it was, I remembered the EPK video for Alone in the Universe in which Jeff Lynne explains that Voyager 1 inspired the title track:

I feel it's also worth mentioning that one of the pieces of music on the golden record is Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode."

While writing about the gatefold, I might as well note that the cover of Jeff Lynne's Long Wave album is one of the pictures taped on the wall:

The radio on the floor in the Alone in the Universe gatefold also resembles the radio in the inside picture of Long Wave: