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Curiosity Views Earth Setting, Phobos Rising (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

Maybe someone smarter than me can answer a question that this picture prompted in my mind. How come Mars in just a pinprick in the sky for us looking at Mars from Earth, but a crescent is visible of the earth from the surface of Mars?

Edit: I am as dumb as I expected. Thanks for the responses, and a big fuck you to the person who shamed me for my ignorance. I'm glad that there was only one

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Other than others said, Mars has barely any atmosphere compared to Earth so it's way easier to see anything.

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