Mars sunset with a view of Earth, Venus, Mercury

[eridani]

[YankeyMCC]

1. How'd they know where I am!

See just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean I'm wrong

[thelordofhell]

2. Aaaaaaaaahhhhh.........I'm out in space!!!

[longship]

3. What in hell does a Martian know?

Their octopoidal bodies can't even handle Earthly bacteria.

Insert George Pal War of the Worlds Martian pic here. (Sorry, iPhones sometimes suck.)

[caraher]

4. Sadly, this is fake

It's not an image from Mars but the output of "planetarium" software.

[Glaisne]

8. Thanks for that!

BA is an excellent blog!
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/

[Jim__]

9. Thanks. I was wondering when the picture was taken.

I generated a picture for the JetPropulsion Lab and it looked like Mercury should not be visible from Mars if the picture was recent:

http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wspace?tbody=1000&vbody=499&month=8&day=27&year=2012&hour=00&minute=00&rfov=45&fovmul=-1&bfov=50&porbs=1&showac=1

[eridani]

11. Oh, crap! It looked so cool on Facebook

Should have done my homework--thanks to those who did.

[caraher]

17. I was *this close* to posting it to FB myself...

I just wanted a few more details before I did. I was pretty much fooled too!

[DallasNE]

20. I Was Sure Of That

Because Mercury could not be in such a photo as it is too close to the Sun. I also looked for the cresent shape Earth and Venus would have and that feature seemed to be missing. Lastly, the relative position of Earth should have been much higher in the sky given Mars current position in our night sky. Not sure of this one but Venus is currently a morning "star" so my thought is that it would also be visible from Mars in the morning.

[Lebam in LA]

5. I can see my house

[eppur_se_muova]

6. AND Russia ! nt

[Fearless]

23. But can you see Russia from your house?

[W T F]

7. Mars does not have clouds. it's a fake

[Posteritatis]

10. It's a fake, but Mars certainly does have clouds. (nt)

[lindysalsagal]

12. Looks real to me!

Looks real to me!

[obxhead]

13. well..... If that doesn't say it all

I don't know what does.

K&f'inR

[mike_c]

14. it's fake....

Debunked:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/08/10/an-unreal-mars-skyline/

[tclambert]

15. Okay, here is a real one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4542423536/#/

[cprise]

18. Here is a much better one: Earth, Moon and Jupiter seen from Mars

Click on the first image to zoom it.
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/05/22/

[tclambert]

21. Thank you. That is excellent.

[defacto7]

16. Hell, and I

Just paid $8000 for a time share at that very spot. Now how am I supposed to get there?

[chknltl]

19. By bridge of course! Lucky you, I know a guy who has one....

....He is dang fond of that bridge but I may be able to talk him out of it, probably get that bridge for pretty cheap.

[Motown_Johnny]

24. The Einstein-Rosen Bridge?

[chknltl]

27. Ok so it IS an older bridge, but it was hardly ever used, i swear!

[elbloggoZY27]

22. Incredible

This is really amazing and shows off the kind of talent we have.

[tomm2thumbs]

25. uh oh, I think I left my car lights on... brb

thanks for posting - I could've drained my battery

[Cleita]

26. So we are the brightest in the Martian evening like Venus is for us.

Cool.