Science and Exploration

NASA Fakery – How the Space Agency Responds to Misleading Space Images

By John Williams
SpaceRef
August 11, 2023
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NASA Fakery – How the Space Agency Responds to Misleading Space Images
An image of the Martian landscape captured by Perseverance stitched together with the night sky as seen from Earth.
Image credit: NASA and Hugh Hou.

The image is gorgeous. A 360-degree view panorama showing the Perseverance Rover on a dry Martian plain full of rocks and dust with mountains in the distance. Overhead, a dramatic, oversaturated, and dark sky shines with thousands of stars and a Milky Way arching across from horizon to horizon.

Unfortunately, it’s a fake.

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John Williams

John is a Colorado-based science writer, astrophotographer, science outreach enthusiast, and creative technologist. He is the author of award-winning Hubble Star Cards and a few children's books.