The following image shows Venus, Earth, and Jupiter in the sky of Mars. It was published on X, but some users claimed it was fake, saying that the three planets couldn’t be seen aligned because Mars’s orbit was in the middle of theirs.
So I created the following diagram to explain that it is absolutely possible to see them like this, after sunset, even if it’s not a frequent configuration. For the planets to be seen, Jupiter, Earth, and Venus must be illuminated by the Sun, so they must be on the other side of the Sun’s orbit, as in my drawing. (Note: the orbits are to scale; the planets and the Sun’s measurements are not!)
However, I cannot guarantee that the photo isn’t fake!
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