The incredible and poetic sunsets in different regions of the planet have captivated our pupils, making us appreciate and recognize the beauty of our mother star in the sky. But, have you ever wondered what the king star looks like from other regions in our Solar System?
Ron Miller, American artist and illustrator, produced a series of really interesting representations of our local star seen from the perspective of the various planets that orbit it. Miller has more than four decades of experience in making realistic representations of space, ensuring that not only the Sun, but also the surface of these planets and their satellites, are attached to the real appearance.
A light that extends from Mercury to Pluto.
The intensity of sunlight, according to the laws of physics, is inversely proportional to the square of the relative distance that a planet presents with respect to the star. That is, the brightness decreases drastically as the distance between a planet and the Sun increases.
However, even in those distant regions of Pluto - whose most distant point is located 7.5 billion kilometers from Earth - the brightness of the Sun shines with intensity, as the irrefutable evidence of its power.
"Although it looks smaller [on Pluto than on Earth], the Sun is still a source of immensely bright light. The levels of sunlight in the vicinity of Pluto would be equivalent to an evening on Earth, but the Sun itself would still be a very bright object in the sky, although very small, "says Miller.
"Although it looks smaller [on Pluto than on Earth], the Sun is still a source of immensely bright light. The levels of sunlight in the vicinity of Pluto would be equivalent to an evening on Earth, but the Sun itself would still be a very bright object in the sky, although very small, "says Miller.
Mercury
This planet, located 58 million kilometers from the Sun is the closest to the star, but it is not the hottest because that title corresponds to Venus.