science-and-or-fiction: In response to a bunch of fake images...

http://rawsexting.tumblr.com/post/29217447057/top-photo-from-mars-curiosity-we-of-course


http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/xzu2u/earth_jupiter_and_venus_from_the_skyline_of_mars/c5r31k4


http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090110.html


http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15689


http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4428


http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4271


http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4348

science-and-or-fiction:

In response to a bunch of fake images from Curiosity going around Tumblr, I’ve assembled a little post explaining where various photographs actually came from.

Row 1: Fake. The first picture is an image from Mars (see below) with the Tatooine sunset from Star Wars photoshopped over it. The second is a CGI image made with some astronomy software, supposedly showing what Earth, Venus, and Jupiter would look like from Mars.

Row 2: Real, but not from Curiosity. The images are courtesy of the last two Mars Exploration Rover twins, Spirit (who photographed the sunset) and Opportunity (who photographed the footprints).

Row 3: Actual images from Curiosity.