The Surreal Beauty of the Almost-Real. (But Spot The Errors!) by physics-trail

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physics · @physics-trail · Jul 30 '17 (edited)

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The Surreal Beauty of the Almost-Real. (But Spot The Errors!)

As a bit light diversion from the serious job of pushing science, Ethan's Science Blog has a rather short piece "[Sorry, Internet, Some Of Your Favorite Space Pictures Are Fakes (Synopsis)](http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/07/24/sorry-internet-some-of-your-favorite-space-pictures-are-fakes-synopsis/)". With only three pictures, it is more a 'sketch' than a 'synopsis'.

<center>http://i.imgur.com/6NoWHG0.jpg</center>

The above image, by [Gate-To-Nowhere](http://gate-to-nowhere.deviantart.com/art/Hideaway-61855403), is certainly beautiful, but also absolutely unreal. That the artist herself admits to creating *fantasy landscapes* should have been enough of a clue to dissuade the most gullible netizens that this was more worthy of being a cover for a sci-fi novel than an astronomy magazine.

So, what is physically wrong with this image? (And no sneaky-peeking on the search engines!)

Also, if you have any other almost-real and amazing images, feel free to post them in the comments.

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@ahmedfaraz · Jul 31 '17

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@jakipatryk · Jul 29 '17

The moon is way too big compared to Sun (angular diameters are almost the same).

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@physics-trail · Jul 29 '17

Yep! And there's one other major flaw.

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@physics-trail · Jul 31 '17

Still one more problem with the image. I may have to give a hint: think *latitude*.

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@crypto-physics · Sep 24 '17

The position of the moon is not appropriate considering that it's latitude is apparently higher than the sun

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@thirdeye7 · Jul 29 '17

The caparison is not welcomed. let's enjoy the view of them.

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