The Moon and Mars through Hubble's "Eyes"
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00-Aristarchus Crater-2005-29-a-full_jpg.jpg01 - Aristarchus Crater (and Plateau)111 visiteThe HST Advanced Camera for Surveys snapped this close-up view of the Aristarchus crater on Aug. 21, 2005. The crater is 26 miles (about 42 Km) in diameter and approx. 2 miles (such as about 3,2 Km) in depth and sits at the South-Western edge of the Aristarchus Plateau. The Plateau is well known for its rich array of geologic features, including a dense concentration of volcanic rilles (such as river and valley-like landforms that resulted from the collapse of lava tubes) and source vents.
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00-The Moon from HST.jpg00 - The Moon through the "Eyes" of the Hubble Space Telescope105 visite
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002-Aristarchus-detailmgnf-2005-29-l-full_jpg.jpg02 - Aristarchus Crater (detail mgnf)114 visiteAristarchus is also one of the "youngest" craters of the Moon: in fact it probably formed between 100 and 900 MY ago only (!).
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05-Copernicus-HST.jpg05 - Copernicus Crater120 visite
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20-Apollo17LS-2005-29-f-full_jpg.jpg20 - The Apollo 17 Landing Site120 visite
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21-Apollo17-LS-2005-29-m-full_jpg.jpg21 - The Apollo 17 Landing Site151 visite
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L-Mars_Plume-HST_Mars_Plume_Jaeschke_animation_295.gifVolcanic Plume or just Water-Ice Clouds?97 visiteGli "Scienziati" hanno detto: "Nuvole, anzi: una mega-nuvola. Senza dubbio".
Evidentemente, per esserne così certi, dovevano essere lì ed aver visto tutto e bene da vicino. MOLTO vicino... D'altra parte, Noi, di Lunar Explorer Italia, abbiamo già evidenziato in passato questo tipo di fenomeno. Non so, ma l'dea di nuvole (o di una "super-nuvola") a base di ghiaccio d'acqua che viaggiano/viaggia compatte/a sino circa 150 Km di altezza, a me pare una "boiata planetaria". Ribadisco (perché già lo scrissi, anni fa): per me è una "Volcanic Plume".
Comunque io NON ero lì, ergo potrei sbagliare. E se anche gli "Scienziati" (ed i buffoncelli da strapazzo che sanno tutto e viaggiano dall'Ingegneria alla Fisica e dalla Luna allo Spazio Profondo pur non avendo uno straccio di Titolo) mostrassero, almeno una volta e magari per finta, un pizzico di umiltà e possibilismo (circa le "loro infallibili ipotesi"), sarebbe bello. Ma è impossibile. La "Scienza" attuale ESIGE certezze, se si vogliono fama e fondi. Va bene. Ne prendo atto.
Almeno io So di NON sapere ed ipotizzo. Se sapessi tutto...che noia!!! MareKromium
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Mars-1.jpg31 - Mars on Dec. 3rd, 2007 (true colors; credits: NASA/HST)154 visiteCaption NASA:"NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this close-up of the Red Planet Mars when it was just 55 MMs – about 88 MKM – away. This color image was assembled from a series of exposures taken within 36 hours of the Mars closest approach with Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. Mars will be closest to Earth on December 18, 2007, at 11:45 p.m. Universal Time (6:45 p.m. EST).
Mars and Earth have a "close encounter" about every 26 months. These periodic encounters are due to the differences in the two planets' orbits. Earth goes around the Sun twice as fast as Mars, lapping the Red Planet about every two years. Both Planets have elliptical orbits, so their close encounters are not always at the same distance. In its close encounter with Earth in 2003, for example, Mars was about 20 MMs closer than it is in the 2007 closest approach, resulting in a much larger image of Mars as viewed from Earth in 2003.
The two dominant dark swatches seen just south of the Equator on this part of the Planet are well observed Regions that were originally labeled by early Mars observers. The large triangular shape to the right is Syrtis Major. The horizontal lane to the left is Sinus Meridani. One of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, named "Opportunity", landed at the Western End of this Region in January 2004. At the intersection of these two features is the prominent Huygens Crater with a diameter of 270 miles (about 450 Km). South of Huygens Crater, is the Hellas Impact Basin, with a diameter of about 1100 miles (such as approx. 1760 Km) and a depth of nearly 5 miles (about 8 km). Hellas was formed billions of years ago when an asteroid collided into the Mars surface.
The Planet appears free of any dust storms during this closest approach, however, there are significant clouds visible in both the Northern and Southern Polar Cap Regions.
The resolution is roughly 13 miles (about 21 Km) per pixel".MareKromium
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Mars-2.jpg32 - Mars in December 2007 (true colors; credits: NASA/HST)179 visiteCaption NASA:"In December 2007, the Mars closest approach and opposition will occur within a week of each other. This is an exciting time for astronomers and planetary geologists to image and study our planetary neighbor. On December 18, Mars will be the closest it has been in the last two years, reaching a distance of 55 MMs fom Earth. This series of images was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on December 1-7, within two weeks of its December 2007 closest approach. Each image shows the Planet rotating about 90° from the next image. This gives astronomers a full-globe look at the Red Planet".
[Top Left] - Mars on Dec. 1, 2007; longitude ~50°
[Top Right] - Mars on Dec. 3, 2007; longitude ~225°
[Bottom Left] - Mars on Dec. 3, 2007; longitude ~320°
[Bottom Right] - Mars on Dec. 7, 2007; longitude ~140°
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Mars-3.jpg33 - Mars' Color Map, from Hubble Space Telescope (true colors; credits: NASA/HST)210 visiteCaption NASA:"This map spans 360° of Mars' Surface, starting at a longitude line of 230° on the left edge. It spans nearly to the North and South Polar Cap Regions in Mars' Latitude.
This map is a composite of images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in early December, just weeks before its December 18, 2007 closest approach".
Nota Lunexit: una splendida mappatura del Pianeta Arancione, in cui - sebbene leggermente offuscate da nebbie e nuvole - la sua Dominante Cromatica appare in tutta la sua chiara bellezza.
Ed ora, parlare di "colori veri di Marte", forse, sarà per tutti un pò più facile...
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Mars-4.jpg34 - Mars on Dec. 1st, 2007 (true colors; credits: NASA/HST)160 visiteMars observation taken on Dec. 1st, 2007; Longitude ~50°
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Mars-5.jpg35 - Mars on Dec. 3rd, 2007 (true colors; credits: NASA/HST)135 visiteMars observation taken Dec. 7th, 2007; Longitude ~225° MareKromium
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