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Blue Sunset on Mars [pic] (i.imgur.com)

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[–]warfangle 110 points111 points ago

This was taken in 2005 by the Spirit rover, just to head off anyone who thinks this was taken by Curiosity.

Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_347.html

[–]enodllew 11 points12 points ago

Thanks for clarifying that.. wow.. I'm really excited to see the proper pictures Curiosity is going to take once it has finalized its pre-checks. I mean there is a big technology gap between then and now.

[–]synthaxx 14 points15 points ago

Not only that, but the MER rovers where constrained by the fact that they run on solar. It means that to make these kinds of shots they would have to rely on battery power.

Curiosity, on the other hand, is nuclear. They can run science day and night.

So I think we're going to be seeing a lot more of these shots in the coming months.

[–]Dear_Occupant 9 points10 points ago

They can run science day and night.

I read this in Isaac Hayes' voice.

[–]DukeSpraynardWoah or whoa? 4 points5 points ago

My take.

[–]thewilburbeast 1 point2 points ago

that is incredible.

[–]enodllew 6 points7 points ago

Yep. Curiosity has an astonishing 17 cameras in many angles. It's going to be a good year.

[–]Coloneljesus 0 points1 point ago

Well, the one facing down won't be of much use from now on...

But I'm giddy about the panorama HD shots from the arm camera from a height of, what? 5m? 'Tis gonna be grate.

[–]Runnnnnnnnnn -1 points0 points ago

The video and underlying text says it was taken by the Mars Rover Opportunity.

From its vantage point on the surface of Mars, NASA's rover Opportunity relayed a spectacular series of images of a blue-hued sunset on the red planet. Scientists then stitched the pictures, taken over a period of 17 minutes, into a 30-second movie simulation.

[–]DukeSpraynardWoah or whoa? 3 points4 points ago

Different sunset, dude.

[–]Scopolamina[S] 39 points40 points ago

Video

[–]tobobo 13 points14 points ago

Possibly the best thing I've ever clicked on in woahdude.

[–]pjgamer77 7 points8 points ago

Seriously, we just watched a sunset on another planet...How many humans that have lived can say that.

[–]T3hN1nj4 2 points3 points ago

Damn.

[–]calicojones 4 points5 points ago

..that is a bold (true) statement.

[–]ofcoursemyhorse 4 points5 points ago

It is the best thing I've ever clicked on in woahdude. Period.

[–]calicojones 3 points4 points ago

that is the correct answer.
exclamation point.

[–]adokimus 1 point2 points ago

Agreed.

[–]Nerdster 9 points10 points ago

It annoys me more than it should that they named the video after "I'm dreaming of a white christmas" then played a version of "Deck the Halls" over the top.

[–]T3hN1nj4 1 point2 points ago

You and me both pal.

[–]joosha 1 point2 points ago

The little video on the side blew my mind. Tumbleweed rovers!

The future of space exploration is looking pretty amazing

[–]DiddiLee 1 point2 points ago

"DA Blue Sunset On Mars", my tab said softly

[–]Cleffer 0 points1 point ago

Awesome video, but I must confess to waiting for the monsters from Pitch Black to come out after the sun went down.

[–]IAmYoda 21 points22 points ago

This reminded me of something...

(apologies for the quality, it was quick job).

[–]greytyrecolour 18 points19 points ago

Looks lonely

[–]calicojones 8 points9 points ago

..and spacious.

[–]Gemini4t 2 points3 points ago

Mars is only a third the size of Earth, but the total amount of land is roughly the same, thanks to our oceans.

[–]calicojones 0 points1 point ago

..thaaanks, oceans.

i did not know that, and now i do.
finally, an interesting fact that's actually about mars, and not just about how much money it takes to get there from here.
we're putting you in charge of the next rover.

[–]Gemini4t 2 points3 points ago

Cool. Can I install rockets on it so it can do canyon jumps?

[–]calicojones 2 points3 points ago

on second thought..

..we're putting you in charge of everything.

[–]Gemini4t 2 points3 points ago

Cool. Can I install rockets on everything?

[–]calicojones 0 points1 point ago

..in my professional opinion, the rockets on those rockets need a few more rockets on them.

[–]Gemini4t 1 point2 points ago

Fuck. You've found a recursive flaw in the plan. Eventually the rockets will hit a physical limit in how small they can go due to that whole pesky atom size thing. And you can't put rockets on atoms.

Let's add a qualifier: I will install rockets on all non-rockets.

[–]calicojones 0 points1 point ago

agreed.
but only until we figure out a way to put rockets on atoms.

[–]DukeSpraynardWoah or whoa? 1 point2 points ago

Can you imagine martian the whole way?

[–]ThunderGyraJungle love 3 points4 points ago

Maybe it needs a hug

[–]alcimedes 4 points5 points ago

Thank you! Perfect timing on this. I was trying to explain to my four year old about the Sun today. She was asking why it was so big, etc., and as part of it I was telling her that if we were standing on Mars, Mars is further away from Earth and so the sun would look smaller/different.

She really wanted to see what that would look like, and here I go!

[–]Giant_Leprechaun 0 points1 point ago

good-parent upvote.

[–]MatthewX5000 1 point2 points ago

It's really creepy to think about how that picture wasn't taken on earth.

[–]Coloneljesus 0 points1 point ago

Creepy isn't the word at all but I know what you mean. It's humbling, maybe.

[–]xAtarigeekx 2 points3 points ago

Still warmer than summer in Britain

[–]Coloneljesus 0 points1 point ago

During the day, is it really colder on mars?

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[–]camisado_ 5 points6 points ago

well, it's no place to raise your kids.

[–]byronic_heroine 4 points5 points ago

in fact it's cold as hell.

[–]camisado_ 3 points4 points ago

that was the original comment, but it's been deleted now... thanks for making me look less silly.

[–]HELLOPLTAYPUS 1 point2 points ago

Unless your children are tiny, highly corrosive rocks hellbent on breaking down your insides.

[–]flying-sheep 3 points4 points ago

you wouldn’t feel the cold, because if you ran around without protection, you’d be frozen solid while being burned by brimstone fumes, so you wouldn’t be stupid enough to try it.

there are short periods of human-tolerable temperatures, so if you had some sort of mega-airvent that keeps the poison gases off, you’d be able to shortly stand on mars naked.

(i’m not 100% sure if it would work, but according to all i know, it would) nevermind, mars has too low pressure, so you would get exposed to near-vacuum. you can stay conscious for some 10 seconds and won’t get lasting effects form vaccum exposure shorter than 1½ minutes, so if you don’t mind the pain and risk, you can run around on mars a few seconds naked…

[–]invisiblemovement 3 points4 points ago

It'd be worth it.

[–]flying-sheep 2 points3 points ago

totally! actually i wondered for a few minutes after writing that how i’d plan it and that i’d need someone whom i birefed to rescue me in time.

[–]invisiblemovement 0 points1 point ago

Hell, if I become a mass murderer or something and get sentenced to death, I wouldn't mind being exiled to the Martian surface with no space suit. Cool way to go.

[–]flying-sheep 1 point2 points ago

too expensive, they wouldn’t do it :(

[–]invisiblemovement 0 points1 point ago

I know. Maybe when we finally get a colony established...

[–]SpaghettiLeftovers 0 points1 point ago

Not to mention there's no one there to raise your kids, even though it's not a place you should raise them.

[–]NovaT 0 points1 point ago

I've seen this pic many times, but I will continue to upvote it every time. Simply breathtaking. Woah indeed.

[–]ponyboycurtis22 1 point2 points ago

This is a beautiful photo and yet for some reason I feel scared when I look at it.

[–]zedfox 1 point2 points ago

Aliens man, aliens.

[–]TheGreaterGuy 1 point2 points ago

I feel another movie similar to Apollo 18 coming on here......

[–]zedfox 0 points1 point ago

IN A WORLD

[–]matty_yoJungle love 0 points1 point ago

It's both amazing, and terrifying at the same time.

[–]DJBESO 0 points1 point ago

He should have instagram'd that.

[–]wrc-wolf 0 points1 point ago

Jesus, our sun looks so tiny on Mars compared to our view.

[–]dollarbillyall 0 points1 point ago

What is this? Red planet, blue sunset over here...get outta here

[–]semiretardado 0 points1 point ago

this is gorgeous

[–]TheMoz 0 points1 point ago

"Blue is our new second sun"

Holy shit

[–]Meth4Fun 0 points1 point ago

The sun is so tiny

[–]IAMA_GOONERBATER 1 point2 points ago

Tattooine

[–]unclesaamm 0 points1 point ago

On earth, you know how the moon appears huge near the horizon? It's the same with the sun on mars. So when the sun is directly overhead it appears even smaller.

[–]isanyonelistening2me 0 points1 point ago

Immediately heard the music from 2001

[–]SimilarImage 0 points1 point ago

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[–]GlenGang 1 point2 points ago

Surprised this wasn't on instagram. Everyone's doing it nowadays

[–]richertai 1 point2 points ago

Made me think of...

[–]bluenoser613 0 points1 point ago

reminds me of the first Star Wars movie (Ep III)

[–]j_like 2 points3 points ago

IV

[–]bluenoser613 0 points1 point ago

I had IV in my head. Stupid fingers.

[–]mut4n7x 0 points1 point ago

Looks like fucking tattooine.

[–]TATANE_SCHOOL -2 points-1 points ago

High res picture please ?

[–]efstajasSpace is deep 9 points10 points ago

High res picture? From Mars? No.

[–]synthaxx 3 points4 points ago

Curiosity is on the case now. 720p video at 12 ish fps. Not to mention panoramas in the multiple mega pixel range.

Let's see where Curiosity takes us indeed.

[–]efstajasSpace is deep 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, it does capture HD video, but the on board photo camera has a rather little resolution (like a mid tier consumer camera). But as you said it can take multiple pictures which later are combined on earth.

[–]edjumication 0 points1 point ago

Id say its pretty darn high res

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