by APOD Robot » Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:06 am
Martian Chiaroscuro
Explanation: Deep shadows create dramatic contrasts between light and dark in
this high-resolution close-up of the martian surface. Recorded on January 24, 2014 by the HiRISE camera on board the
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the scene spans about 1.5 kilometers. From 250 kilometers above the Red Planet the camera is looking down at a sand dune field in a southern highlands crater. Captured when the Sun was about 5 degrees above the local horizon, only the dune crests were caught in full sunlight. A long, cold winter was coming to the southern hemisphere and bright ridges of
seasonal frost line the martian dunes. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter,
one of the oldest operating spacecraft at the Red Planet, celebrated the 15th anniversary of its launch from planet Earth
on August 12.
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