Mars 27 July 2018 - reworked image (Niall MacNeill)

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Mars 27 July 2018 - reworked image

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

Mars 27 July 2018 - reworked image

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

Having been out of action for a couple of months due to the bushfire risk and smoke/ dust situation where I image in Australia, I decided to go back to some of my Mars data, looking for images that frankly I didn't process as well as I could.

This capture was made on 27th July 2018, quite close to opposition and with the global dust storm subsiding. Therefore many of the familiar albedo features are visible, but there is still considerable evidence of dust clouds across these albedo areas.

The image is south up and the dirty south polar cap had shrunk considerably at this stage. A bright cloud can be seen over it to the right in the image. The Hellas Basin is clearly visible below the polar ice cap and further to the north (down) is Syrtis Major. To its left is Mare Tyrrhenium and then further to the left of that is Mare Cimmerium with the peninsulas of Sinus Gomer extending down to the north. At lower left the volcano Elysium Mons can be seen as a reddish coloured dot. As was often the case the north polar cap was shrouded with clouds with a bluish hue.

The previous rendition (see mouse over) was too red in colour and over sharpened giving a slightly cartoonish appearance. This version is, I feel, much more natural looking. I hope you agree.

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