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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos
NASA ^
| 9 Sep, 2024
| Image Credit: ESA, DLR, FU Berlin, Mars Express; Processing & CC BY 2.0 License: Andrea Luck; h/t: P
Posted on 09/09/2024 12:27:18 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: If you could fly over Mars, what might you see? The featured image shows exactly this in the form of a Mars Express vista captured over a particularly interesting region on Mars in July. The picture's most famous feature is Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System, visible on the upper right. Another large Martian volcano is visible on the right horizon: Pavonis Mons. Several circular impact craters can be seen on the surface of the aptly named red planet. Impressively, this image was timed to capture the dark and doomed Martian moon Phobos, visible just left of center. The surface feature on the lower left, known as Orcus Patera, is unusual for its large size and oblong shape, and mysterious because the processes that created it still remain unknown. ESA's robotic Mars Express spacecraft was launched in 2003 and, among many notable science discoveries, bolstered evidence that Mars was once home to large bodies of water.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/09/2024 12:27:40 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/09/2024 12:28:04 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; Agatsu77; America_Right; ...
Pinging the APOD list
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posted on
09/09/2024 12:29:03 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Looks like landing on Phobos will not be easy. Not a lot of maneuvering room.
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posted on
09/09/2024 12:31:37 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: MtnClimber
What we see...
What they see...
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posted on
09/09/2024 12:32:18 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Magnum44
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posted on
09/09/2024 12:36:17 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
I hate to say it but Marvin had it right all along.
Sign me up, Elon, I’ll take your first flight to Mars!
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posted on
09/09/2024 12:46:57 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(His son nicknamed him Pedo Pete. (mic drop))
To: TigersEye
Where is the Earth-shattering Ka-Boom?
There is supposed to be an Earth-shattering Ka-Boom!
To: GaltAdonis
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posted on
09/09/2024 1:11:56 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(His son nicknamed him Pedo Pete. (mic drop))
To: MtnClimber
I hate when Orcus Patera shows up and nobody knows where it came from.
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posted on
09/09/2024 11:47:58 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: TigersEye
Yeah - Long distance to travel - even at the speed of sound.
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