Astronauts exploring Earth?

This photograph is undoubtedly striking because it shows people dressed in space suits behaving as if they were exploring the surface of another star that is suspiciously similar to Earth.

(Photo: NASA)

Of course, this is not a twin planet to ours, nor is the place in question an area of ​​land that has become so uninhabitable as to require wearing a space suit on it.

It is one of the tests that are sometimes carried out on space suits and other equipment designed for use in terrain outside of Earth.

Since it cannot be tested directly in extraterrestrial places of interest, sites on Earth are sought as similar as possible to the surface of the Moon, or that of Mars, which are for now the only stars for which there are more or less solid plans. to send manned expeditions, and the performance of the space suits or other equipment is checked.

The photograph corresponds to one of such tests, carried out by NASA. (Fountain: NCYT by Amazings)