This view of the twilight sky and Martian horizon taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover includes Earth as the brightest point of light in the night sky. Earth is a little left of center in the image, and our moon is just below Earth.
Researchers used the left eye camera of Curiosity's Mast Camera (Mastcam) to capture this scene about 80 minutes after sunset on the 529th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (Januar 31, 2014). The image has been processed to remove effects of cosmic rays.
A human observer with normal vision, if standing on Mars, could easily see Earth and the Moon as two distinct, bright "evening stars."
The distance between Earth and Mars when Curiosity took the photo was about 99 million miles (160 million kilometers).
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/TAMU
Explanation from: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17936
Wow, what a shine!
ReplyDeleteHow come the earth's so bright that it could be mistaken for a star from Mars?
Wow, what a shine!
ReplyDeleteHow come the earth's so bright that it could be mistaken for a star from Mars?
I have stood on the surface of Mars
ReplyDeleteand seen, high in the sky, at sunset
a tiny star, bright but small
reminding me, in all its pale blue fragility
of the smallness of Man.
We are dreamers, you and I,
fellow travellers, for a while
puzzling out, musingly,
the greatest quest ever conceived.
I love Life, and the gift
given to us, short-lived creatures,
to ponder the vast Universe.
Never mourn the passing of our lives
celebrate that it happened.
I like it! 😃
DeleteWhy are there no other stars visible?
ReplyDeleteFrom there only earth will be shown 😂😂
ReplyDeleteNo any othr stars🤔🤔🤔