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May 15th, 2007

On Mars…

Posted by chrislintott in Hotshots

It seems to be the month for stunning Mars images. Not just from the spacecraft, but from amateurs too. Damian Peach, who gets amazing and incredible results whenever he looks at the sky, sent me this animation. It’s a compilation of his 2005 images of Mars, comprising a full rotation of the planet. As Mars sails into the morning skies ahead of its opposition at the end of the year, it’s a reminder of just how good Earthbound views can be.

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  1. Adam Bower said,

    on May 15th, 2007 at 10:00 am

    You got the link wrong, it should be http://damianpeach.com/mars05.htm (you missed the .htm off the end)

  2. Robin said,

    on May 15th, 2007 at 11:26 pm

    I love how you can see Phobos too, zipping round 3 times in just one Martian day

  3. mac jonsen said,

    on May 16th, 2007 at 10:55 pm

    one word mate………….BRILLIANT

  4. ME MYSELF N I said,

    on May 23rd, 2007 at 2:01 am

    THI$ IZ SO BORIN I DONT GET HOW THIZ IZ EXCITIN IM ONLY LOOKIN IT UP CUZ I NEED TO 4 MAH HOMEWORK BUT YEA I THINK THIZ IZ 4 NERDS LIKE SUM POEPLE I KNO

  5. Red Skies at Orbiting Frog said,

    on May 23rd, 2007 at 10:12 am

    [...] Also, Chris Lintott has a link to some lovely Mars images over on his blog. [...]

  6. Andrew G said,

    on May 30th, 2007 at 12:25 am

    But isn’t this obviously just a rendered animation? He’s just mapped a texture onto the surface of a sphere and rotated it.

  7. chrislintott said,

    on May 30th, 2007 at 6:25 am

    Um…yes. But all the images are his, and I thought it was a stunning way to present them.

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