Comparison View of Mars Cloud Cover

Esahubble_opo9715a2_1024

esahubble_opo9715a2 May 20th, 1997

Credit: Phil James (Univ. Toledo), Todd Clancy (Space Science Inst., Boulder, CO), Steve Lee (Univ. Colorado), and NASA/ESA

The right image, in blue light only, brings out details in the cloud structure and is remarkably similar to weather satellite pictures taken of Earth.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9715a2/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Mars
Subject - Solar System
Planet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 673.0 nm
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 502.0 nm
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 410.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Grayscale
Grayscale
Esahubble_opo9715a2_1280
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ID
opo9715a2
Subject Category
A.1  
Subject Name
Mars
Credits
Phil James (Univ. Toledo), Todd Clancy (Space Science Inst., Boulder, CO), Steve Lee (Univ. Colorado), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-05-20T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9715a2/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Grayscale, Grayscale, Grayscale
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
673, 502, 410
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9715a2
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:48:09+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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