See if you can tell Earth and Mars apart in these mind-blowing photos

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Because of how they appear from afar, we call Mars the Red Planet and Earth the Blue Planet.

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But these two worlds don't look so different when you zoom in, which is exactly what scientific satellites do to give researchers information on how different regions of each planet change over time.

We've collected some of these satellites' spectacular images of Mars and Earth and juxtaposed them to test your skills.

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Can you tell which is the planet you call home and which is the desolate, lifeless wasteland more than 141 million miles away?