NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Sees ‘Evening Star’ Earth
The rover’s view of its original home planet even includes our moon, just below Earth.
The images, taken about 80 minutes after sunset during the rover’s 529th Martian day (Jan. 31, 2014) are available at https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17936 for a broad scene of the evening sky, and at https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17935 for a zoomed-in view of Earth and the moon. (more…)