What YOU Would See From Each PLANET

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Ahh...isn't a perfectly clear

sky just so beautiful? Why does

the Sun look so small though?

Wait...wait...what?!

*clears throat*

So basically we're gonna see

what it would look like on other planets.

Starting with the closest to the

Sun, Mercury.

So here we are on Mercury. That's

a bit bright, let me turn down

my exposure. The Sun obviously

appears much larger here than

it does on Earth, and thus much

brighter. Mercury has no atmosphere,

no moons, and some very extreme

temperatures. Daytime temperatures

can reach highs of 430 degrees

Celsius with nighttime temperatures

dipping down as low as -180 degrees

Celsius, the average temperature

being 167 degrees Celsius. Why

do I sound like the weather radio...

Anyway, Mercury makes one full

rotation in about 58 Earth days,

which is a pretty long day.

But, because Mercury orbits the

Sun so fast—about once every 88

Earth days—the actual day length

on Mercury is 175 Earth days,

, which...is a very long time

for a single day. Imagine working

2800 hour days, or since a year

on Mercury is shorter than its

day, imagine working 1.3 year days. What...

This odd effect also causes

the Sun to briefly appear to reverse

direction during the day.

If you know anything about the

Solar System you know which planet

is next, and that is Venus. Unlike

Mercury, Venus has an atmosphere

and a thick and deadly one at that.

The atmosphere is mostly carbon

dioxide with clouds composed of

sulfuric acid. This is literally

the image you get in your head

when you think of a deadly planet.

In fact it's so deadly that out

of the 10 landers which have successfully

landed on Venus, most lasted less

than an hour and the longest time

survived was just 2 hours and

7 minutes. When you have hurricane-force

winds, atmospheric pressures equal

to being 1 kilometer underwater,

and temperatures hot enough to

melt lead...eh let's just say

even electronics don't really

stand a chance.

But, Venus is special for more

reasons than just being incredibly hostile.

From Earth, Venus is the third

brightest object in the sky, with

only the Moon and Sun being brighter.

At night on Earth, if there's

no ambient light, such as the

Moon, Venus is actually bright

enough to cast shadows! And, I

was even able to photograph it

during the middle of the day once!

Speaking of brightness, this is

what it would look like here at

our normal Earth exposure.

Venus is also special because

it's the hottest planet in the

Solar System, is almost the same

size as Earth, and it spins backwards

making the Sun rise in the west

and set in the east. Not that

you can see it very well since

the atmosphere is so dense, but

anyway...

Onward to Earth! That sounds

strange...

Most of us know what this looks

like already so it's actually

a bit boring compared to what

we've just seen, not to mention

the fact that my 3D modelling

skills are kind of terrible so

this looks pretty bad. Average

temperatures are about what you'd expect.

There is one thing that's quite

a bit different about this planet

than all the others and that is,

of course, life! The vast amount

of life forms on Earth as well

as their vastly different and

often unique designs are what

really make this place stand out

from the rest and feel like home.

Unlike the other planets, Earth

isn't quite so hostile. *bomb explosion*

I take that back

and we're moving on.

Here we are on Mars. This planet

has been studied quite a lot.

The temperatures range from -153

degrees Celsius at night, to 35

degrees Celsius during the day,

with the average temperature

being around -63 degrees Celsius.

Mars is special because its

day length is just 40 minutes

longer than Earth's day length

of 24 hours. Oh, and Mars has

2 Moons, Phobos and Deimos. Phobos

orbits Mars faster than Mars itself

rotates, this makes it appear

that Phobos rises in the west

and sets in the east. I.e. it

appears to go backwards in the sky.

Also, quick Earth exposure as

a reference before we continue.

It is starting to get noticeably

darker as we get farther from

the Sun.

Quick side trip while we're

looking at stuff, this is the

Sun from Ceres. Not anything particularly

special except that it is getting

noticeably darker, but just for

anyone curious, this is about

what it'd look like. You'll notice

that you can't really see any

other asteroids, and that's simply

because despite there being millions

of asteroids, the asteroids are

spread out over such a large area

of space that the distances between

them are extremely large. This

is why we can send spacecraft

though the asteroid belt with

basically no worries of it colliding

with an asteroid. Anyway, on to Jupiter!

This is our first gas giant,

so there's technically no surface,

you're just levitating in the

air, or whatever you want to call

this stuff. We're now over 5 times

farther from the Sun than Earth,

so it is considerably darker,

which basically means I need

to boost my exposure so that we

can actually see stuff. You might've

noticed that it's incredibly windy

here, and that's a trend you'll

notice with all the gas and ice giants.

The temperature here averages

about -108 degrees Celsius. Jupiter

is very special being the largest

planet in the Solar System and

spinning the fastest with a day

lasting just under 10 hours.

Light from the Sun takes over

43 minutes to reach Jupiter! If

you didn't know that, I'd recommend

going and watching my 9 hour long vid...

Guess what, it's Saturn time!

With a fairly major exposure boost

this planet will give you perhaps

the most interesting view with

the rings looking so incredibly

beautiful and dreamlike. It's

almost hard to believe that this is real.

Eh...well I... I mean it's not...

well...well it is but it's like...

like...not...this...this video...

whatever. The average temperature

here is about -139 degrees Celsius.

And Saturn has the most moons

of any planet in the Solar System,

146 moons!

Ahh...gotta take at least a

minute to absorb this incredible

view though, am I right? Ha! Nope!

We've got more planets to go to!

I can literally barely see.

But, here's the Sun from Uranus.

The average temperature here

is about -197 degrees Celsius.

Uranus holds the record for the

coldest recorded temperature out

of all the 8 planets. Neptune

is still colder on average, though.

And here we are on Neptune.

The last of the 8 major planets

and one with some terribly fast winds.

These winds whip clouds of frozen

methane across the planet at speeds

of over 2,000 kilometers per hour!

The average temperature here

is about -201 degrees Celsius.

The average brightness here, in

the middle of the day, is very

low being about 9,000 times darker

than noon on Earth. Let me reset

my exposure to what we used on

Earth so you can see just how

dark it is here. At this distance,

the Sun is so tiny that it's

almost hard to believe we're orbiting it.

Before we end, let's take a

quick peek at the last 4 dwarf

planets, just for fun.

This is Pluto. It's very dark here.

This is Haumea. Also, very dark.

Who would've guessed... Oh and

I should probably specify that

we don't actually know a whole

lot about these last 3 dwarf planets

so, this is about what it looks

like but it might also not be.

Here's Makemake. Not too much

farther than Haumea and Pluto.

And lastly, Eris. Over 10 billion

kilometers from the Sun. It's

basically the middle of space

now, or at least it sure feels

like it.

But that's basically it! You

know, if this video wasn't boring

enough for you, you should go

and watch my 9 hour long vid...