Mars this morning....

And here's the program that does this....

You should try it.

Be your own astronaut...

View the universe from another planet...

Or even this one.

See this universe before the next.

Here we are, standing on Mars, looking toward Earth, but it is too close to the Sun this morning to be clearly visible yet, and even when it is, it's a very small point of light, just as Mars is from Earth. And Mars, as you've noticed, is all beach and no ocean. Not much of anything else either...unless you like sand, gravel, broken rocks, and dust - everywhere dust. Should we have stayed at home? Fortunately, this is only a simulation, and we can go home with the click of a mouse. Isn't space travel fun? 

Mercury, seen as from Venus. Again, lots of beach, no ocean. Unexplored.