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In March 2021, an image supposedly showing the first ever photograph of a Martian sunset was circulated on social media: This is not a genuine photograph of the sunset taken from the surface of Mars. This is a piece of space art that was created by illustrator Mark A. Garlick. Garlick shared this image to his social media accounts back in December 2018. The original image carried the caption: Martian sunsets are blue! Garlick explained in response to one fan's question that this image doesn't show any particular place on Mars. Rather, it's an artistic depiction of a Martian sunset. In March 2021, after this artwork went viral as it circulated on a social media as if it were a genuine photograph of a Martian sunset, Garlick reshared this image on Twitter, and noted that this was an artwork, not a genuine photograph: While this image features an illustration of a Martian sunset, not a genuine photograph of one, NASA has truly captured several pictures that show what a sunset looks like from the surface of Mars. As Garlick noted in his original post, the sunset on Mars has a blue tint. NASA writes: NASA captured the first picture of a sunset from the surface of Mars in 1976 with the help of the Viking 1 Lander. NASA writes: In the decades since the Viking 1 photographed the Martian sunset for the first time, NASA has captured several other pictures from the surface of Mars. In 2005, for example, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured a sunset over the Gusev crater, and in 2015, the Curiosity Rover captured four sequential photographs to create this short video of a Martian sunset. NASA writes: You can see more images from NASA's otherworldly photo gallery here.
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