Hubble Space Telescope
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[ Credit: NASA, J. Bell (Cornell U.) and M. Wolff (SSI) ]
- IMAGES TAKEN AT CLOSEST APPROACH
- Left Image Distance 34,648,840 miles (55,760,220 km)
6:20 p.m. to 7:12 p.m. EDT 2003 Aug. 26
- Right Image Distance 34,647,420 miles (55,757,930 km)
5:35 a.m. to 6:20 a.m. EDT 2003 Aug. 27
(A mere 1,400 miles closer to Earth than in one taken 11 hours earlier)
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Example Ground Based Images
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[ Image copyright by S. Faworski & D. Parker, 2003 Aug. 17 ]
- GALLERY OF MARS IMAGES
(From Mars Section, Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers or ALPO)
Don Parker Images of the "Mountains of Mitchel"
- CMO Gallery of Great 2003 Mars Images
(From Communications in Mars Observations or CMO)
- Mars Latest Images
(by Frank Melilo of NY with a Celestron 8-in.)
Mars Animation. Click here for more images by Chris.
(Mars rotates in 24h37m, only slightly longer than Earth's 23h56m period)
- MARS ANIMATION
(From Chris from his home on the south coast of Spain)
Animation produced from 4,000 CCD images (exposure 0.08 sec each) 2003 August 27 between 01:40 and 04:15. No images discarded and each animation frame an average of 100 images.
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