sosaidthechildren:

koalakoinkidink:

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.

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS FINALLY GOOD LORD TUMBLR. 

Fourth time I’m bringing up this topic, but it’s pretty important.

(Source: scienceandorfiction, via thelavender-moon)