Earth And Jupiter Captured In The Same Photo Taken From Mars
This is a photo of the Earth and its moon and Jupiter and its moons. In the same frame. It’s taken from Mars, and it’s humbling and incredible. Be sure to click the picture to see its full scope. [Reddit]
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If one reads the source:
“Because Jupiter is over 5 times farther from the Sun than Earth, two different exposures were needed to image the two planets. Mosaiced together, the images are shown above (top picture). The composite has been highly contrast-enhanced and colorized.”
So, impressive, but not really ‘taken’ in the same frame. And it’s from orbit, not the surface.
Definitely not the same photo. The bright/dark sides of each planet should both be pointing at the sun and they’re clearly not.
Not to mention the fact that as Mars is between the two the only possible way of photographing the two together would be if Jupiter was on the other side of the Sun.
actually bazmo if you look at the read link there’s a diagram showing it wouldn’t really need to be on the other side of the sun