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Hubble's View of Mars

Description: Having recently been refurbished the Hubble Space Telescope obtained the sharpest view of Mars ever taken from Earth to that date. This stunning portrait was taken with March 10, 1997, just before the Red Planet made one of its closest passes to Earth (about 60 million miles or 100 million kilometers).

 

The Martian North Pole is at the top [near the center of the bright polar cap] and east is to the right. This view of Mars was taken on the last day of Martian spring in the Northern Hemisphere.

 

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/David Crisp and the WFPC2 Science Team

Image Number: STScI-PRC1997-09a

Date: March 10, 1997

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Taken on March 10, 1997