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Mars, partly covered by carbonic ice clouds, Didier FOURNIL

Mars, partly covered by carbonic ice clouds

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The clear areas are basalt plains, covered with a thin layer of iron oxide charged dust, giving March its orange color. The dark areas are rocky plateaus formed of craters.

The polar ice caps, on the other hand, are made up of water ice and carbonic ice. They are partly sublime and shrink during Martian summers.

Mars can hide under dust storms, or show fine white-blue clouds of ice or ice water near the equatorial limbo.

Conditions of shooting:

Presence of a cloudy cloud of high altitude nevertheless quite discreet.

400 Frames sur 3000

SEEING: 1.46

Diamètre Apparent: 15,1"

Distance: 0,62 UA

Illumination: 100%

Visible sur ce cliché:

- Grande étendue de nuages blanc bleu constitués de nuages de glace carbonique visible sur la partie en haut à droite.

- En bas, à droite, se trouve la callote polaire Nord.

- A gauche, superposé à une région sombre est visible une structure rectiligne, immense faille, nommée " Coprates chasma "

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