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> Mars seen by the Hubble space telescope in 2005.

Mars seen by the Hubble space telescope in 2005.

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: a-mar02-00023

Image Size 300 DPI: 10 * 10 cm

On November 7, the Mars, Earth, Sun angle was perfectly aligned, and Mars was in opposition with the Sun as seen from Earth. This resulted in a perfect globe of Mars viewed from Earth and from the Hubble Space Telescope on November 8.

Keywords for this photo:

2005 - ASTRONOMY - GLOBAL VIEW - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - MARS - OPPOSITION - PLANET - POLE - SOUTH POLE - WIDE FIELD PLANETARY CAMERA -