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ZZ-Mercury-Craters-Faulkner_Crater-PIA16908-PCF-LXTT-IPF-0.jpgFaulkner Crater (CTX Frame - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)116 visiteIn this picture, taken by the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft, we can see relatively young and smooth Lava Plains which have filled and partially (actually, almost completely) buried the Mercurian Faulkner Crater (approx. 168 Km - such as about 104,32 miles - in diameter), leaving only the Northern three-quarters of its highly degraded Rim visible. These smooth Lava Plains, which have relatively few superposed Impact Craters (and that is why they can be considered - always relatively speaking - "young") and appear of a light brown-pink color in this Absolute Natural Colors image, were - likely - emplaced when powerful Volcanic Flows breached Faulkner's Southern Rim, invaded the whole Floor of the Crater and then set, leaving only the highest-standing portions of Terrain (such as, as we wrote herebefore, some part of its Northern Rim) almost intact.

Date acquired: January, 19th, 2013
Images Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 878881, 878901, 878885
Images ID: 3356193, 3356198, 3356194
Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 8,61° North
Center Longitude: 77,37° East
Resolution: 299 meters/pixel
Solar Incidence Angle: 36,5° (meaning that the Sun, at the time that the picture was taken, was about 53,5° above the imaged Local Mercurian Horizon)
Emission Angle: 43,6°
Sun-Mercury-Messenger (or "Phase") Angle: 78,1°

This picture (which has been cropped from an Original NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft false color image-mosaic published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 16908) has been additionally processed and then re-colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mercury), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team. Different colors, as well as different shades of the same color, mean, among other things, the existence of different Elements (Minerals) present on the Surface of Mercury, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.
MareKromiumApr 14, 2013
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ZZ-Mercury-Craters-Unnamed_Crater-CP_and_Hollows-PIA16952-PCF-LXTT-IPF-1.jpgHollowland, again! (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)114 visiteThis image - taken by the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft - shows us the Hollow-covered Central Peak Structure (a Feature that is also often called Central Uplift) of a Mercurian Northern Hemisphere's Unnamed Impact Crater having a diameter of about 60 Km (such as approx. 37,26 miles). It is now clear that these mysterious Mercurian Surface Features known as "Hollows" are not only related - as it was thought at the beginning - to (relatively) flat surfaces (such as the Floors of a countless number of Impact Craters) or on areas located near or on top of the Rims of said Impact Craters: it has been now visually proven that the Hollows can also be found on highly irregular (---> NOT "flat") and complex rocky structures (---> Central Peaks and, maybe, Hills and Mountains). And, in the meanwhile, the search continues...

Date acquired: March, 24th, 2013
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 6465097
Image ID: 3753557
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 36,20° North
Center Longitude: 244,20° East
Resolution: 29 meters/pixel
Solar Incidence Angle: 61,7° (meaning that the Sun, at the time that the picture was taken, was about 28,3° above the imaged Local Mercurian Horizon)
Emission Angle: 21,1°
Sun-Mercury-Messenger (or "Phase") Angle: 65,8°

This picture (which has been cropped from an Original NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft b/w frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 16952) has been additionally processed and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mercury), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team. Different colors, as well as different shades of the same color, mean, among other things, the existence of different Elements (Minerals) present on the Surface of Mercury, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.
MareKromiumApr 14, 2013
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ZZ-Mercury-Craters-Faulkner_Crater-PIA16908-PCF-LXTT-IPF-1.jpgFaulkner Crater (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)111 visiteIn this picture, taken by the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft, we can see relatively young and smooth Lava Plains which have filled and partially (actually, almost completely) buried the Mercurian Faulkner Crater (approx. 168 Km - such as about 104,32 miles - in diameter), leaving only the Northern three-quarters of its highly degraded Rim visible. These smooth Lava Plains, which have relatively few superposed Impact Craters (and that is why they can be considered - always relatively speaking - "young") and appear of a light brown-pink color in this Absolute Natural Colors image, were - likely - emplaced when powerful Volcanic Flows breached Faulkner's Southern Rim, invaded the whole Floor of the Crater and then set, leaving only the highest-standing portions of Terrain (such as, as we wrote herebefore, some part of its Northern Rim) almost intact.

Date acquired: January, 19th, 2013
Images Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 878881, 878901, 878885
Images ID: 3356193, 3356198, 3356194
Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 8,61° North
Center Longitude: 77,37° East
Resolution: 299 meters/pixel
Solar Incidence Angle: 36,5° (meaning that the Sun, at the time that the picture was taken, was about 53,5° above the imaged Local Mercurian Horizon)
Emission Angle: 43,6°
Sun-Mercury-Messenger (or "Phase") Angle: 78,1°

This picture (which has been cropped from an Original NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft false color image-mosaic published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 16908) has been additionally processed and then re-colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mercury), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team. Different colors, as well as different shades of the same color, mean, among other things, the existence of different Elements (Minerals) present on the Surface of Mercury, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.
MareKromiumApr 14, 2013
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Titan-Senkyo_Region-PIA14655-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgSenkyo Region (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)89 visiteThe NASA - Cassini Spacecraft's "Electronic Eyes" peer through Titan's thick layers of Clouds to spy on the Region dubbed "Senkyo" by Planetary Scientists. Among the Dark Surface Features visible in this picture there is also a very vast Field of Dunes, possibly composed of solid Hydrocarbon Particles precipitated out of the Titanian Atmosphere; furthermore, the South Pole of Titan is, as you can see, still shrouded in the huge Vortex that formed only a few months ago (and whose origin is still debated). The lit Terrain seen here is located on the Saturn-facing Hemisphere of Titan; North is up and rotated 18° to the right.

This image was taken with the NASA - Cassini Spacecraft's Narrow-Angle Camera on January 5, 2013, by using a spectral filter sensitive to Wavelengths of Near-InfraRed Light centered at 938 Nanometers. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 750.000 miles (such as a little more than 1,2 Million KiloMeters) from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-Cassini Spacecraft , or Phase, Angle of 79°. Image scale is roughly 4 miles (such as about 6,43 Km) per pixel.

This picture (which is an Original NASA - Cassini Spacecraft b/w frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal and identified by the n. PIA 14655) has been additionally processed and then colorized, according to an educated guess carried out by Dr Paolo C. Fienga (LXTT-IPF), in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - Cassini Spacecraft and then looked outside, towards the Saturnian moon Titan), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team. Different colors, as well as different shades of the same color, mean, among others, the existence of different Elements present in the Atmosphere of Titan, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.

Note: it is possible (but we, as IPF, have no way to be one-hundred-percent sure of such a circumstance), that the actual luminosity of the Clouds and Hazes (as well as the luminosity of Titan itself) seen in this frame would appear, to an average human eye, way lower than it has been shown (or, better yet: interpreted) here.
MareKromiumApr 14, 2013
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ZZ-Mercury-Craters-Balzac_Crater_and_others-PIA16907-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgCraters' Variety (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)101 visiteThis oblique view of the Surface of Mercury highlights, from top to bottom, the Impact Craters Balzac, Phidias,Tyagaraja, Stevenson, and Zeami. While named Impact Craters are still sparse across much of the Surface of Mercury, this Region, since it had already been observed by the NASA - Mariner 10 Spacecraft, granted to Planetary Scientists and Researchers plenty of time to propose names to the International Astronomical Union (or IAU, for short) and get them approved. Furthermore, in the NASA - Mariner 10 images of Mercury, Craters like Tyagaraja (located at the center of the image and having a diameter of approx. 97 Km - such as about 60,2 miles) and Zeami were described as hosting "Bright Floor Deposits", but the relatively low resolution at which they were imaged at that time did not allow the Planetary Scientists to carry out a more detailed analysis.

Now, thanks to the imaging capabilities of the cameras onboard the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft, we know that the Mercurian Impact Craters such as these visible in today's APOD, actually do not host "Bright Floor Deposits" but rather that fascinating (and still far from being fully understood) Features known as "Hollows".

Date acquired: November, 26th, 2012
Images Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 262401199, 262401219, 262401203
Images ID: 3026482, 3026487, 3026483
Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 4,64° North
Center Longitude: 210,50° East
Resolution: 698 meters/pixel
Solar Incidence Angle: 30,2° (meaning that the Sun, at the time that the picture was taken, was about 59,8° above the imaged Local Mercurian Horizon)
Emission Angle: 57,5°
Sun-Mercury-Messenger (or "Phase") Angle: 83,8°

This picture (which is an Original NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft false color image-mosaic published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 16907) has been additionally processed and then re-colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mercury), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team. Different colors, as well as different shades of the same color, mean, among other things, the existence of different Elements (Minerals) present on the Surface of Mercury, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.
MareKromiumApr 14, 2013
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OPP-SOL3020-PIA16923-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgLow Sun over Endeavour Crater (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)76 visiteThe NASA - Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity used its Navigation Camera (NavCam) to record this vista looking Eastward across Endeavour Crater, with the Rover's own shadow in the foreground. The NASA - Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity has been studying the Western Rim of Endeavour Crater since arriving there, in August 2011. Endeavour Crater, which spans approx. 14 miles (such as about 22,53 Km) in diameter, is, by far, the largest Impact Crater that Opportunity has visited since it landed on Mars, Region of Meridiani Planum, in January 2004. The images that have been used to create this mosaic were taken during the 3020th Martian Day, or Sol, of Opportunity's work on the Red Planet (such as July 22, 2012, on Earth)

This frame (which is an Original NASA - Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" Original b/w image-mosaic published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal and identified by the ID n. PIA 16923) has been additionally processed and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a normal - meaning "in the average" - human eye would actually perceive if someone were on the Surface of Mars, near the NASA - Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity, and then looked ahead, towards the Horizon and Sky over Endeavour Crater), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team.
MareKromiumApr 14, 2013
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ZZ-Mercury-Craters-Berkel_Crater-PIA16890-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgBerkel Crater (Absolute Natural Colors; credts for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)88 visiteBerkel Crater (a Mercurian Impact Crater that was so named after the Turkish painter and printmaker, Sabri Berkel) is a so-called "Complex Impact Crater" (approx. 24 Km - such as a little less than 15 miles - in diameter) that sits inside the larger Ellington Basin, which is located in the low Latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere of Mercury. Berkel's interior contains some kind of Material (so far unknown) that, as you can clearly see in today's image, is way darker than the surrounding Terrain; furthermore, a large number of the vey common Mercurian Surface Features, known as "Hollows", can also be seen all over the Floor of the Crater itself.

This image was acquired as a targeted set of stereo images. Targeted Stereo Observations are acquired at resolutions much higher than that of the 200-meter/pixel Stereo Base Map. These targets acquired with the NAC enable the detailed Topography of Mercury's Surface to be determined for a local area of specific interest.

Date acquired: February, 5th, 2013
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 4159492
Image ID: 3589683
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 13,85° South
Center Longitude: 26,56° East
Resolution: 71 meters/pixel
Solar Incidence Angle: 30,3° (meaning that the Sun, at the time that the picture was taken, was about 59,7° above the imaged Local Mercurian Horizon)
Emission Angle: 29,3°
Sun-Mercury-Messenger (or "Phase") Angle: 52,6°

This picture (which is an Original NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft b/w frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 16890) has been additionally processed and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mercury), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team. Different colors, as well as different shades of the same color, mean, among other things, the existence of different Elements (Minerals) present on the Surface of Mercury, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.
MareKromiumApr 07, 2013
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Channels-Arda_Valles-PIA16286-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgFeatures of Arda Valles (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)74 visiteThis is a frame taken by the NASA - MArs Odyssey Orbiter during its 49661st orbit, and it shows us a few Drainage Channels which are part of the Channel Network that comprises Arda Valles.

Latitude (centered): 20,3688° South
Longitude (centered): 327,2160° East
Instrument: VIS
Captured: February, 23rd, 2013

This frame (which is an Original Mars Odyssey Orbiter b/w frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 16286) has been additionally processed and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - Mars Odyssey Orbiter and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mars), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team.
MareKromiumApr 07, 2013
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ZZ-Mercury-Craters-Unnamed_Crater_with_Hollows-PIA16940-PCF-LXTT-IPF-0.jpgHollowland (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)75 visiteThis image (taken by the NASA - Messenger Spacecraft in middle February 2013), shows us an area of ~ 23 Km - such as about 14,28 miles - across that is located within an Unnamed Mercurian Impact Basin that has been litterally "etched" by Hollows. Out of curiosity, this is the only area within the Basin in which Hollows are found. To the bottom left portion of the frame, some part of the Peak Ring of the Basin can also be seen and, most likely, this Peak Ring has been heavily modified by a number of subsequent impacts.

Date acquired: February, 13th, 2013
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 3038823
Image ID: 3509823
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 43,52° North
Center Longitude: 291,50° East
Resolution: 21 meters/pixel
Solar Incidence Angle: 74,2° (meaning that the Sun, at the time that the picture was taken, was about 15,8° above the imaged Local Mercurian Horizon)
Emission Angle: 10,4°
Sun-Mercury-Messenger (or "Phase") Angle: 63,8°

This picture (which is an Original NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft b/w frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 16940) has been additionally processed and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mercury), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team. Different colors, as well as different shades of the same color, mean, among other things, the existence of different Elements (Minerals) present on the Surface of Mercury, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.
MareKromiumApr 07, 2013
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089-Craters-Licinia_Crater-PIA16050-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgLicinia Crater (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)72 visiteThis NASA - Dawn Spacecraft Framing Camera (FC) image of 4-Vesta shows Licinia Crater, which is the large Impact Crater positioned in the center of the picture. Licinia Crater has a fresh, sharp Rim that is scalloped in shape; all around the Inner Walls of Licinia Crater there are many Streaks of Dark and Bright Dusty Material cascading towards the Crater's center. There are also many hummocky Slumps of Material around the Crater's Walls and Base. A large Mound of Material (most likely made of small Rocks and Dust) is well visible in the Crater's center, and the Mound itself is surrounded by more smooth and dark unidentified Material. The possibility that such (as of yet, we repeat, unidentified) smooth Material visible on 4-Vesta's Surface might be the so-called "Impact Melt" is currently under investigation. Licinia Crater is one of the freshest Impact Craters that can be seen in this image.

This area visible here is located in the "Floronia Quadrangle" of 4-Vesta, in the Northern Hemisphere of the Giant Asteroid. The NASA - Dawn Spacecraft obtained this image with its Framing Camera (FC) on October 11, 2011. The image was taken through the Camera's Clear Filter and the distance of the Spacecraft from the Surface of 4-Vesta was, at the time that the picture was taken, of approx. 700 Km (such as a little less than 435 miles); the image has a resolution of about 63 meters (207 feet) per pixel. This picture of Licinia Crater was acquired during the HAMO (---> High-Altitude Mapping Orbit) phase of the mission.

This frame (which is an Original NASA - Dawn Spacecraft b/w image published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 16050) has been additionally processed and then colorized, according to an informed speculation carried out by Dr Paolo C. Fienga (LXTT-IPF), in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - Dawn Spacecraft and then looked outside, towards the Giant Asteroid 4-Vesta), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team. Different colors, as well as different shades of the same color, mean, among others, the existence of different Elements present on the Surface of 4-Vesta, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.
MareKromiumApr 07, 2013
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ZZ-Mercury-Craters-Pahinui_Crater-PIA16903-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgPahinui Crater (Absolute Natural Colors - Credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)70 visiteOne of 9 (nine) newly named Mercurian Impact Craters, Pahinui, has intriguing Collapse-looking Pits surrounding its Central Peak. Pahinui Crater ha been so named after the Hawaiian musician Gabby Pahinui, a key figure in the 1970s Hawaiian Renaissance and master of the "slack-key guitar", a style that originated in Hawaii.

This image was acquired by the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft as part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)'s High-Resolution Surface Morphology Base Map. The Surface Morphology Base Map covers more than 99% of Mercury's Surface with an average resolution of 200 meters/pixel. Images acquired for the Surface Morphology Base Map typically are obtained at off-vertical Sun Angles (i.e.: high Solar Incidence Angles and therefore low Sun shining over the imaged Local Horizon) and have visible Shadows so as to reveal clearly the Topographic Form of many Geologic Features.

Date acquired: July, 31st, 2011
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 220635824
Image ID: 575089
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 28,30° South
Center Longitude: 146,90° East
Resolution: 139 meters/pixel
Solar Incidence Angle: 77,3° (meaning that the Sun, at the time that the picture was taken, was about 12,7° above the imaged Local Mercurian Horizon)
Emission Angle: 22,5°
Sun-Mercury-Messenger (or "Phase") Angle: 99,9°

This picture (which is an Original NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft b/w frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 16903) has been additionally processed and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mercury), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team. Different colors, as well as different shades of the same color, mean, among other things, the existence of different Elements (Minerals) present on the Surface of Mercury, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.
MareKromiumApr 07, 2013
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North_Polar_Regions-North_Polar_Erg-PIA15943-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgFeatures of the North Polar Erg (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)71 visiteThe highly suggestive Dunefield visible in this VIS image taken by the NASA - Mars Odyssey Orbiter during its 46719th orbit around the Red Planet is just a small portion of the gigantic Dunefield (or "Erg" ---> Sea of Sand) that encircles most part of the North Pole of Mars. The bright round spot visible on the lower left (Sx) side of the frame should be just a patch of permanent ice which is located (and therefore, somehow, protected) inside a relatively shallow depression of the Surface - possibly (but we have no way to be sure), an almost rimless and very old Impact Crater.

Latitude (centered): 80,0896° North
Longitude (centered): 194,1910° East
Instrument: VIS
Captured: June, 26th, 2012

This frame (which is an Original Mars Odyssey Orbiter b/w frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 15943) has been additionally processed and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - Mars Odyssey Orbiter and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mars), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team.
MareKromiumApr 07, 2013
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