Mars Opposition to Earth
Taken by Efrain Morales Rivera on April 14, 2014 @
Mars on April 14th, 03:08ut within hours (8hrs) from its closest approach to Earth. And frosty clouds again on this side of the globe, Equatorial belt clouds from limb to limb, Dense Oragraphic clouds at (left) Olympus Mons breaking through the clouds and the Tharsis Montes region poking through the clouds also (center) and at (right) Candor Chasma, Top North polar cap-Chasma Boreale is still visible also on this session. North is top. ( LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik RGB filter set. 1min. per channel.)
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Mars on April 14th, 03:08ut within hours (8hrs) from its closest approach to Earth. And frosty clouds again on this side of the globe, Equatorial belt clouds from limb to limb, Dense Oragraphic clouds at (left) Olympus Mons breaking through the clouds and the Tharsis Montes region poking through the clouds also (center) and at (right) Candor Chasma, Top North polar cap-Chasma Boreale is still visible also on this session. North is top. ( LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik RGB filter set. 1min. per channel.)
Photographer's website:
http://www.jaicoa-observatory.com
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