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Sunrise on Mars

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla

2010/06/23 10:50 CDT

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What with the Hayabusa excitement and all, I haven't been posting nearly enough pretty pictures lately. Here is a photo crafted from data that are nearly as old as I am, showing a beautiful sunrise on Mars. Ricardo Nunes, who processed these images, has a whole page full of beautifully colored Viking Lander shots.

NASA / JPL / color composites by Ricardo Nunes

Sunrise at the Viking lander site

Viking 1 Lander watched the sun rise over Mars on August 8, 1977.