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These are actual photographs of the nine planets with the sun. However these objects are not scaled to exact size in accordance with one another. Rings of Jupiter and Uranus are fabricated to show actuality not visible in these photographs. The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is a representing illustration, along with the sun's "glowing edges". Orbits of the planets are not accurately represented here (mainly Pluto's orbit).