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[–]T0tai 10 points11 points ago

What is this? A sun set for ants?

[–]1zero2two8eight 2 points3 points ago

The sun needs to be at least... three times bigger than this!

[–]varsitypride3 8 points9 points ago

we're looking at an Alien sunset. HOLY. SHIT.

[–]Spineless_John 6 points7 points ago

Has NASA ever taken a really nice, hi-res picture of Mars' night sky? That is something I would really like to see.

[–][deleted] -4 points-3 points ago

A picture of the sky from within Mars' atmosphere will still look worse than anything taken with the Hubble Space Telescope...

[–]Dekar2401 8 points9 points ago

That's not the point...

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

Oh you meant like a landscape photo with stars my bad

[–]justruin 6 points7 points ago

[–]Grimfur 4 points5 points ago

I'd seriously give pretty much anything to travel into space and go to another planet.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

jeepers, how did ya take that picture?

[–]ChazMcYardstein 11 points12 points ago

well first he made his way on over to 'Google Images', then typed "mars sunset" into the search bar

[–]Ducksaucenem 4 points5 points ago

he went all the way to Google and back? mad man

[–]medicrow 6 points7 points ago

This is actually a phenominal moment, imagine telling someone 50 years ago or longer we would see this

[–]opeth10657 5 points6 points ago

Anytime I see the photos from Mars like this it just blows my mind. So far away, yet looks so familiar.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Makes you wonder how many sunrises/sunsets out there in other star systems are being watched by something.

[–]ikanobori 0 points1 point ago

Maybe not 50 years ago, but we landed on the moon 43 years ago. Surely people would have thought we'd be on Mars relatively quickly after that :)

[–]AngrySpock 2 points3 points ago

I've seen this pic before but it always blows my mind. Just thinking how the sun rises and sun sets on this planet without anyone there to see it, every day for billions of years and for billions more. I'm just filled with appreciation of the grandeur of the universe.

[–]EddieFrits 1 point2 points ago

We are so small.

[–]mr_spent_youth 1 point2 points ago

Isn't that the Lars' moisture farm on the horizon?

[–]thevernabean 1 point2 points ago*

Wow this makes the sun look tiny. Now I'm wondering what the actual ratio of angular size of the sun is between earth and mars.

Edit: 0.65

[–]sammex 1 point2 points ago

Here is a picture taken on the surface on Venus. Really creeps me out
http://astrobob.areavoices.com/files/2010/11/Venera_perspective_Don-Mitchell-process1-400x355.jpg

[–]sammex 0 points1 point ago

"The lander survived for 127 minutes (the planned design life was 32 minutes) in an environment with a temperature of 457 °C (855 °F) and a pressure of 89 Earth atmospheres (9.0 MPa). The descent vehicle transmitted data to the bus, which acted as a data relay as it flew by Venus."

[–]catcrazylady 1 point2 points ago

Woah

[–]unquietwiki 0 points1 point ago

This is one of my favorite pictures of all time. I wish the assorted political factions would spend a few billion on settling Mars...

[–]fladrach 0 points1 point ago

Hmmm...I guess I am the only one who was looking for Luke in this picture.

[–]newersdk 0 points1 point ago

Tattooine ?

[–]DJDHD 0 points1 point ago

anyone who says that space exploration is a waste of money is a goddamn fool.

[–]FineArtLiquidator 0 points1 point ago

Beautiful.

[–]Dekar2401 -1 points0 points ago

This is my Facebook Timeline photo.

[–]jaksajak -1 points0 points ago*

"I just had a terrible thought... what if this is a dream?"