A new photo was received by the Curiosity mission crew. But this time, the robotic Mars explorer did not send an image of the Red Planet, but an image of the Earth and the Moon!
The photo released by NASA shows the position of the Earth and the Moon in the Martian sky. Credit: NASA
More specifically, 80 minutes after sunset on January 31, the robot photographed the sky above the crater with its Mastcam camera, which it has been exploring since August 2012. NASA experts identified the Earth and the Moon in the image and released it to the public. Thus, we have a rare image of how we appear from Mars and how colonists may see us in the future…
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