Our view of the sun, the star on which the Earth revolves, is conditioned by the extraordinary features of our planet. Warm, friendly, close enough to offer us shelter and comfort, far enough not to brittle and disappear. It’s a familiar sight, but what about the rest of the planets that make up our neighborhood? What does the sun look like from, say, Venus and its thick atmosphere creating hellish conditions? What obscure trace of the yellow star does Pluto, the most distant planet in our system, uninhabitable and icy, take?

you can answer this question Ron MillerAn illustrator who spends most of his life drawing allegories about the near space that surrounds us. A series of pictures, some of which show our position with the sun as much as possible if we stepped on the surface of Saturn or the moons of Jupiter. All his works can be visited on his website, which is very rich and full of all kinds of illustrations.

By logic, the light from the sun star becomes dimmer as we move away. However, despite its advancing distance, it continues to stand out in the firmament of the moons of Uranus or Neptune. Naturally, Mercury is the planet where the sun’s rays hit most prominently, transforming into Venus in a vague illusion at the mercy of the sky’s opacity and reaching Earth at the appropriate distance. On Mars, it’s relatively similar to ours. From there, the distances grow and turn into a fleeting flash, as we see in this video.

Here are all the images:

1) Mercury, two handfuls from the sun

2) Venus covered with dense clouds

3) Earth, total eclipse

4) Mars still shines brightly

5) Jupiter, but of course seen from Europe

6) Saturn in a dream picture

7) Uranus, the gaseous planet, from its moon Ariel

8) Neptune and its rings, from Triton

9) And finally, Pluto, in total distance