Contains:  Solar system body or event
Mars | 2018-06-17 07:34 UTC | Color, Ethan Chappel

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My first image of Mars this apparition. This is the first time I'm using an Orion Luminance filter for UV/IR cut. I was hoping to use it to improve color balance using the south polar cap as a reference for white, but the dust storm obscured it to the point of being useless.

Notes:

    [li]Dust is covering much of the visible northern hemisphere of the planet, but the summit of Elysium Mons appears as a dot near the limb.[/li]

    [li]Mare Cimmerium and the surrounding regions are visible, most of it past the CM.[/li]

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