Mars photos
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Mars rotation viewed from earth
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Mars Rotation
Opposition 2003
Missing image | Dates:
This animation shows actual images of the surface of Mars during the period from August 3, 2003 to September 5, 2003. Animation: Images were sorted by the rotational position of Mars and grouped to give approximately equal spaced rotation intervals. The actual color of Mars is more dull brown (lower image). Processing: The images are a brighter orange due to increasing the gamma correction and brightness to better bring out the details. Equipment: The pictures were taken from my home in Minnesota, in a 6" reflector telescope at 100 power and an Olympus 4000Z (4 megapixel) digital camera set at 3x zoom. (Total 300x) | Features:
The sequence of frames shows the rotational direction of Mars, but by date actually runs backwards since Mars' rotational period is 37 minutes slower than the earth. You can notice the angular diameter noticeably changes during the period, and the polar ice cap also changes sizes. Also notice the phase of Mars changes and there's a fair jump from a small phased image (Aug 3) and a nearly full large image (Sep 5). All the albedo features visible have names. One feature looks sort of like an eyeball, being a round spot with oval darkness above around it. The feature is called Solis Lacus in Latin, meaning "Lake of the Sun". |
Vikinglander-view.jpg
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Mars_(Mariner_4).jpg
Viking2-PIA00573.jpg
PIA05248_label.jpg
Bonneville_Crater_look_back.jpg
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Missoula_spirit.jpg
Lahonten_crater.jpg
Pot_of_gold-Close-med.jpg
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External links to Mars photos from Earth
- http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030827.html - APOD 8/27/04 - Hubble Space Telescope
- http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030826.html - APOD 8/26/04 - Earth Webcam Catches Mars Rotation
- http://www.palmbeachastro.org/marsphotos.htm - Palm Beach Astronomy members
- http://www.ghg.net/egrafton/ - Ed Grafton's CCD Astro-imaging Page