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Astonishing New Photo From Mars Leaves People Stunned As They All Point Out The Same Surprising Detail

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One photo sparked a reminder many people felt instantly

 

 

A remarkable new image sent from Mars has sparked a huge reaction online, with countless people pointing out the exact same thing after seeing it.This snapshot was part of the latest set of photos transmitted by the Perseverance Rover as it continues its long, solitary journey across the Martian surface.What stands out immediately is the quality of the picture, which looks strikingly similar to a landscape photo you might take during a hike somewhere on Earth.

 

 

Being able to look at such a distant place with that level of clarity is an incredible thing and gives a rare sense of connection to another world.But while the technology behind the rover is impressive, people on social media took a very different message from the photo as it made its way across millions of miles.

This was because the crystal-clear shot highlighted how empty and lifeless the Martian landscape is when compared with the colorful, full-of-life environments we enjoy here on Earth.

NASA said the images from Mars were taken on November 30NASA/JPL-Caltech
Although figures like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos often talk about space as humanity’s future, many people took one look at the barren Martian terrain and drew a far more grounded conclusion — that Earth is extraordinary and worth taking care of.On Reddit, one user summed it up by saying: “Doesn’t look promising. Better take care of this place instead.”A second person chimed in with: “Boring. Lame. The sky isn’t even blue. One star.”

 

 

Plenty of others agreed, with one person commenting that it “looks like a great place not to live,” while someone else noted that it “looks a lot less cool than pictures of Earth.”Another user kept it simple and said: “Looks depressing.”

Many people thought the planet looked bleakNASA/JPL-Caltech

 

 

Some users went for a more reflective tone, comparing Mars’ empty scenery to the huge variety of landscapes we enjoy here.“It’s just sand, rocks and the occasional bit of dry ice,” they wrote. “There’s no streams, no rain, no puddles or anything that we’d recognise as part of a living planet.”Even NASA seemed to echo that sentiment, describing Mars on its website by noting: “Mars is no place for the faint-hearted. It’s dry, rocky, and bitter cold.”

 

 

Even though Mars is one of our closest neighbors in the Solar System, these recent images make it clear how full of life Earth is compared with the quiet emptiness around it.It’s far from the first time that space exploration has made people think about how fragile our home really is.Astronomer Carl Sagan famously reflected on this in relation to the “Pale Blue Dot” photo taken by the Voyager probe, describing Earth as “dust suspended in a sunbeam.”

 

 

“Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.”

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