Full text of the report written by Mars Webcam site visitor Mike Malaska, USA, and sent to us a few days after we published the intriguing Mars Express VMC image showing the cloud over Arsia Mons on 2 July 2009. We've also included links to the PDF version, the SlideShare.com version and the images in Mike's Flickr pages.

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Shortly after publishing the intriguing Mars Express VMC image showing the cloud over Arsia Mons on 2 July, we received an excellent analysis from one of our regular site visitors, Mike Malaska, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He used the Mars Express VMC image together with NASA/JPL images and data from Google Mars in his analysis. We were impressed by Mike's in-depth report, and sent it on to several of the scientists working here at ESA for their comment (more details under 'Full story'). Herewith, and with Mike's kind permission, we'd like to republish his report in full - and with our sincere thanks for his hard work and well-argued results.

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New images have been posted to the image database. These images are from the VMC observation on 25 July 2009. To access the images click the link below. Also you can access the Celestia file to see where the images were captured and access the raw data in the zip file (for more details see Help us with the VMC)



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The latest VMC public submission aims to brighten up your computer desktop! Bogdan Stancescu of Bucharest, Romania, has created this stunning desktop wallpaper for you to download and use. It features a VMC observation from October 2008 that has been post-processed to bring out amazing detail and colour in the image. Let him and us know what you think in the comments section, and click through for more on how he did it.

 

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New images have been posted to the image database. These images are from the VMC observation on 19 July 2009. To access the images click the link below. Also you can access the Celestia file to see where the images were captured and access the raw data in the zip file (for more details see Help us with the VMC)



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New images have been posted to the image database. These images are from the VMC observation on 11 July 2009. To access the images click the link below. Also you can access the Celestia file to see where the images were captured and access the raw data in the zip file (for more details see Help us with the VMC)



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New images have been posted to the image database. These images are from the VMC observation on 10 July 2009. To access the images click the link below. Also you can access the Celestia file to see where the images were captured and access the raw data in the zip file (for more details see Help us with the VMC)



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It's always great to have the public involved in the work being done by VMC and a few days ago we spotted what appears to be a particularly special VMC image we'd like you to look at. In the pictures from 2 July we were flying over the huge volcano chain on Mars, the Tharsis Montes. We spotted what appears to be an extremely long and thin cloud trailing from near the peak of the southernmost volcano, Arsia Mons, and we'd love to hear what you have to say about it!

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New images have been posted to the image database. These images are from the VMC observation on 09 July 2009. To access the images click the link below. Also you can access the Celestia file to see where the images were captured and access the raw data in the zip file (for more details see Help us with the VMC)



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New images have been posted to the image database. These images are from the VMC observation on 06 July 2009. To access the images click the link below. Also you can access the Celestia file to see where the images were captured and access the raw data in the zip file (for more details see Help us with the VMC)



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