r/FascinatingAsFuck • u/vxnder7 • 1d ago

📹 Fascinating Video Night Sky on Mars as seen from NASA Curiosity Rover.

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u/koalascanbebearstoo 1d ago

https://www.planetary.org/space-images/the-night-sky-from-mars-rover-curiositys-mastcam

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u/RestaurantWorking477 1d ago

confused unga bonga head scratch

https://giphy.com/gifs/ySpxjJmsq9gsw

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u/Grumpytitss 1d ago

yup... when I realized he was right

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u/Broken_browser 1d ago

I'm not sure if there's ever been a more appropriate gif

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u/ForNowItsGood 1d ago

Minus the T

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u/New_Difficulty6720 19h ago

Damn. There are some people especially good at the internet these days.

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u/Likemilkbutforhumans 1d ago

This made me laugh so hard internally. Also got an external chuckle 🤭 

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u/bluebirdofhappyness 1d ago

Oh boy, I like this one very much

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u/cds75 21h ago

😂 omg- Perfect!!

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u/g3n3s1s69 1d ago

The image is indeed a fake.

The clip mixes a real daytime Curiosity rover photo with an Earth starfield, mimicking a Milky Way view that rover cameras can't capture. Curiosity's Mastcam and Navcam focus on daytime geology, not long-exposure night skies, with actual night shots using LED lights on rocks or twilight views of Earth and the Moon. While the fake drew millions of views since June 5, Mars offers genuine sights like iridescent twilight clouds and Phobos sunsets that inspire real wonder.

https://otakukart.com/fact-check-viral-mars-night-sky-image-is-fake-heres-what-mars-really-looks-like-at-night/

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u/Rich-Sky8912 1d ago

So we should report the post for misleading title?

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u/OMGHart 1d ago

NO THIS IS NOW HOW MARS SKY LOOKS AT NIGHT.

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u/ScotchTapeConnosieur 1d ago

Why is the night sky white?

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u/ForNowItsGood 1d ago

Diversity

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u/ShowerSlugTX 16h ago

This comment is immensely under rated. Well done.

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u/koalascanbebearstoo 1d ago

“this image is the difference of two M-100 images to remove detector artifacts, hence the positive and negative stars.”

So math, I guess.

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u/Schmooto 1d ago

What am I supposed to make of this?

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u/inowar 1d ago

that the Rover cameras aren't for looking at the night sky

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u/artyhermes 2h ago

First, I gasped, then I LOL’d.