For the first fourth dimension since come on Mars , NASA ’s Curiosity Rover has captured a picture of the Earth . And unmistakably , if you look really closely , you could also see our moon .
The double was take on January 31 , 2014 , about 80 minutes after the sun set on Mars . The space between the Earth and Mars at that item was about 99 million miles ( 160 million kilometre ) .
The Earth was the brightest objective in the sky that evening .
Here ’s the image without annotation :
And a blow - up of the Earth and Moon :
NASA articulate the image was processed to remove essence of cosmic rays .
[ NASA JPL ]
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