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21 February, 2010 22:30
New Images From 21 February 2010 Added
New images have been posted to the image database. These images are from the VMC observation on 21 February 2010, for more details on this observation hit the "Full Story" link below. 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)Observation Details
| Image Capture at Mars: | 21/02/2010 22:00 - 21/02/2010 22:30 |
| Altitude of Images: | 6,054 km - 3,641 km |
| Image Arrival on Earth & Post to Blog: | 22/02/2010 04:04 |
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1 comments | "New Images From 21 February 2010 Added"
23-02-2010 • 01:08:14
There appears to be a detached cloud layer just above the right horn of the crescent here. I do not know the pixel scale but I would guess an altitude of several tens of km.
Not only nice but scientifically useful too,
I would think.