3 Replies to “Calling Earth from Mars; come in Earth”
anonymous
Lyle writes:
Does Mars look that big from Earth?
anonymous
John writes:
Was that photo taken from Mars? What's the background
riggsappeal
With your natural eyes, Mars would not look that big to you from Earth because (1) Mars is smaller then Earth and (2) you do not have a Martian's telescopic eyes. The photo was taken from a NASA Mars orbiter, and you can blow it up or reduce it in size. I don't know what kind of lens was used or how much the photo was blown up, but here's the NASA link to the photo and some discussion:
Lyle writes:
Does Mars look that big from Earth?
John writes:
Was that photo taken from Mars? What's the background
With your natural eyes, Mars would not look that big to you from Earth because (1) Mars is smaller then Earth and (2) you do not have a Martian's telescopic eyes. The photo was taken from a NASA Mars orbiter, and you can blow it up or reduce it in size. I don't know what kind of lens was used or how much the photo was blown up, but here's the NASA link to the photo and some discussion:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/multimedia/mro20080303earth.html