Martian colours Provide Clues About Martian Water (Hubble NICMOS View)

esahubble_opo9907c February 25th, 1999

Credit: Jim Bell (Cornell University), Justin Maki (JPL), and Mike Wolff (Space Sciences Institute) and NASA/ESA

A false-color picture taken in infrared light reveals features that cannot be seen in visible light. Hubble's unique infrared view pinpoints variations in the abundance and distribution of unknown water-bearing minerals on the planet.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9907c/

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 (NICMOS)	Infrared (Near-IR)	-
	Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (Near-IR)	-
The false-colour image (on the right) includes data from the Viking Orbiter, shown in blue.

ID: opo9907c
Subject Category: A.1
Subject Name: Mars
Credits: Jim Bell (Cornell University), Justin Maki (JPL), and Mike Wolff (Space Sciences Institute) and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1999-02-25T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9907c/

Type: Observation
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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: NICMOS, NICMOS
Color Assignment: Red, Green

Band: Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: Near-IR, Near-IR
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Reference Dimension: 160.0, 160.0

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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: opo9907c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9907c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:53:04+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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