stsci_2007-45g December 18th, 2007
Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Bell (Cornell University) and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute, Boulder)
This map spans 360 degrees of Mars' surface, starting at a longitude line of 230 degrees on the left edge. It spans nearly to the north and south polar cap regions in Mars' latitude. This map is a composite of images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in early December, just weeks before its December 18, 2007 closest approach.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2007/news-2007-45
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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