Mars from Hubble, January 2008

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The Hubble Space Telescope snapped this image of Mars on January 30, 2008, about a month after the 2007 conjunction.

NASA / STScI / Keith Noll / processing by Ted Stryk

Occupying the upper left quadrant is the bright red of Tharsis, and at upper center and right is the dark blob of Acidalia. Below Acidalia, a bright extension from the Tharsis region is Chryse planitia, where both Viking 1 and Pathfinder landed. Below that, at the center of the disk, is a darker region made of Solis Lacus at left, Aurorae Sinus at center, and on the right-hand edge of the disk, Sinus Meridiani, where Opportunity still roves. A bright blob called Argyre is at the bottom of the disk, and over all of it is printed wispy white clouds, made of water vapor.

Copyright holder: Ted Stryk

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