Friday, July 25, 2008

Mars is Far

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The Midnight Sun on Mars is a newly released image from the Mars Phoenix mission. "This mosaic documents the midnight sun during several days of the mission. This pan captures the polar nature of the Phoenix mission in its similarity to time lapse pictures taken above the Arctic Circle on Earth."

To me the most interesting thing is just how small the sun looks from Mars. What a difference another 48 million miles makes.

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