Mars at Opposition 1995 (sol)

esahubble_opo9516b March 21st, 1995

Credit: Philip James (University of Toledo), Steven Lee (University of Colorado), NASA/ESA

This Hubble Space Telescope view of the planet Mars is the clearest picture ever taken from Earth, surpassed only by close-up shots sent back by visiting space probes. The picture was taken on February 25, 1995, when Mars was at a distance of approximately 65 million miles (103 million km) from Earth.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9516b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Mars • Valles Marineris
Subject - Solar System: Planet; Planet > Feature > Surface > Canyon

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ID: opo9516b
Subject Category: A.1 A.1.2.1.2
Subject Name: Mars, Valles Marineris
Credits: Philip James (University of Toledo), Steven Lee (University of Colorado), NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1995-03-21T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9516b/

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9516b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9516b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:43:54+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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