Four Views of Mars in Northern Summer

esahubble_opo9715c1 May 20th, 1997

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

This view is centered on Ares Valles, where Pathfinder will land on July 4, 1997; the Valles Marineris canyon system stretches to the west across the lower left portion of the planet, while the bright, orangish desert of Arabia Planitia is to the east.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9715c1/

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
Subject - Solar System: Planet

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (R)	673.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	502.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	410.0 nm

ID: opo9715c1
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
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9715c1/

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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, V, B
Central Wavelength: 673, 502, 410

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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: opo9715c1

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9715c1.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:48:13+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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