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Long exposure photography.
Mars 4/8 Planets in our solar system.
My series "Cosmic Ophelia" integrates the beauty of nature, the vastness of the cosmos with a mysterious femininity that wraps it.
A woman as the epitome of 8 Planets in Our Solar System.
Taking advantage of Mars's closest approach to Earth in eight years, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the space- based observatory's sharpest views yet of the Red Planet. The telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 snapped these images between April 27 and May 6, when Mars was 54 million miles (87 million kilometers) from Earth. From this distance the telescope could see Martian features as small as 12 miles (19 kilometers) wide. The telescope obtained four images, which together show the entire planet. Each view depicts the planet as it completes one quarter of its daily rotation. In these views the north polar cap is tilted toward the Earth and is visible prominently at the top of each picture. The images were taken in the middle of the Martian northern summer, when the polar cap had shrunk to its smallest size. During this season the Sun shines continuously on the polar cap. Previous telescopic and spacecraft observations have shown that this summertime "residual" polar cap is composed of water ice, just like Earth's polar caps. These Hubble telescope snapshots reveal that substantial changes in the bright and dark markings on Mars have occurred in the 20 years since the NASA Viking spacecraft missions first mapped the planet. The Martian surface is dynamic and ever changing. Some regions that were dark 20 years ago are now bright red; some areas that were bright red are now dark. Winds move sand and dust from region to region, often in spectacular dust storms. Over long timescales many of the larger bright and dark markings remain stable, but smaller details come and go as they are covered and then uncovered by sand and dust. This image is centered on the region of the planet known as Tharsis, home of the largest volcanoes in the solar system. The bright, ring- like feature just to the left of center is the volcano Olympus Mons, which is more than 340 miles (550 kilometers) across and 17 miles (27 kilometers) high. Thick deposits of fine-grained, windblown dust cover most of this hemisphere. The colors indicate that the dust is heavily oxidized ("rusted"), and millions (or perhaps billions) of years of dust storms have homogenized its composition. Prominent late afternoon clouds along the right limb of the planet can be seen.
Credit: Steve Lee (University of Colorado), Jim Bell (Cornell University), Mike Wolff (Space Science Institute) and NASA
Image Number: PIA01590
Date: April 27–May 6, 1999
High above the horizon, moments of fair seeing: Good detail despite small diameter of 16,2 arcseconds. The clouds over the north pole cap are getting bigger.
Celestron 14
Nicolas GRESCHNY (1912 - 1985),Russe de naissance et Tarnais d’adoption est l’ héritier d'une lignée ininterrompue de fresquistes, peintres d'icônes, depuis le XVe siècle. C'est lui qui à construit cette chapelle.
The seventh HMS Mars (1896) was a Majestic-class battleship, launched in 1896. She served as a guardship and transport in World War I and was sold in 1921.
Mars was to have been a Minotaur-class cruiser, but was cancelled in 1946 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Mars_(1896)
Una domenica mattina di inizio novembre, complice anche la bella e calda giornata, decido di visitare il castello di Duino.
Vedo passare un merci con dei semirimorchi inconfondibili, trainato da una doppia di E412.
Purtroppo non sono ancora sulla torre, dalla quale si gode un bellissimo panorama, quindi quando lo vedo passare nei pressi di Duino è troppo tardi per scattare, e devo accontentarmi di questa foto quasi controluce, presa mentre il treno si trova all'altezza di Bivio d'Aurisina, diretto verso TS Campo Marzio.
In compenso, più tardi beccherò un merci di cereali da Villa Opicina e il RoLa senza cuccette di RCI da TS Campo Marzio.
In basso, si vede l'ex cava di Sistiana, su cui è stato costruito il villaggio di "Portopiccolo", inaugurato pochi mesi prima.
APOD Submission: The 2022 Lunar Occultation of Mars - Imaged from home in the United Kingdom.
This image was a culmination of several events and a night of great remembrance - battling sub-freezing temperatures and an oppressive frost. All worth it in the end.
- Moon: 4-panel mosaic - 10% of 14k frames per panel.
- Mars: 8 x 75-sec stacked at 5% and derotated to the correct time, with the last of the captures taking place just 2m before ingress
- Composition: 1 x 7ms exposure during the event.
- AS!3, Astrosurface, WinJupos & Adobe PS for processing.
- Skywatcher 400P (16" GoTo Dobsonian), Celestron 3x Barlow, Omegon Atmospheric Dispersion corrector (ADC), P1 Uranus-C (IMX585) at 8750mm f/21.5.
- 6/10 seeing, 6/10 transparency, 28° altitude. 08-DEC-22 04:59:12 UT
- Credit: Myself - Tom Williams
Mars through a small refractor with 360mm focal length and 2x Barlow.
William Optics Zenithstar61
Skywatcher AZ-GTI mount
ZWO ASI224MC- camera
(30sec avi-file in Raw8-format, gain200, 3847 frames)
...best 10% stacked in AS!3
With Mare Erythraeum in the South. Mare Acidalium in the North and Sinus Meridiani in the East, Mars was dominated by dark markings. The south polar cap (drawing is inverted) is shrinking fast. On nights where the planet can take magnification it is currently a grand sight.
To see additional astronomy drawings visit: www.orrastrodrawing.com
Mars and Neptune passed near each other around 10 AM on December 7th. They got as close as 2 arcminutes. The two planets continued to move apart after the conjunction. By the time I was able to get a telescope on them, after the sun has set, they were already around 15 arcminutes appart. Still to see two planets together in the eyepiece was a nice sight.
To see additional astronomical drawings visit: www.orrastrodrawing.com
The Soviet Mars Mission
Launch Date: Circa 1983
Estimated Arrival on Mars: 2078
Propulsion: Vodka
The Red Square was constructed and launched in secret by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Intended on being the first manned vessel to reach the Red Planet, the crew spent decades heading in the wrong direction. They are now back on course, slowly navigating their way back towards Mars. Luckily they still have plenty of Vodka to keep them going.
October 13, 2020 - Mars, Earth and the sun form a straight line, with Earth in the middle. As a result, the Red Planet appears bigger, brighter and redder than usual.
Candy: "What are you guys doing?"
Rusty: "We are building a rocket to send Borgy to Mars."
Candy: "It looks a bit tight fit for Borgy. Are you sure you haven't mixed up inches and centimeters again?"
Rusty: "Ooops..."
Borgy: "Resistance is futile!"
(Toy Sunday: Mars)
Scope: 200mm Newtonian F5
Lens: 3x Barlow
Cam: QHY5L-IIc
This was just 40% of 4000 frames, taken quickly as Mars was disspearing behind trees, and my house.
Captured in Firecapture, Pre-processed in PIPP. Stacked in AS!2, Calibrated and processed in Registax 6, PS CS2.
FireCapture v2.3 Settings
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Colony Field Report --- Med-Lab --- Dr. Wormoth --- 2.506.127
The Earth Mining Commission had finally taken control of the element harvesting project on Mars after the Estonians had given up their interest in the venture. We worked diligently for months, rebuilding the facilities and converting the ergonomics for human usage. After the retrofit was completed, we continued work on a massive vein of Plegaltonium, a mineral native to Mars, and began our project.
Work proceeded well into the New Year, and only a few minor setbacks occurred. It was to be expected; the risks were written into their contracts, that some miners would perish during the operations. We also prepared for the inevitable psychological stressors that would present in the wives and children living on the colony. Some of them had never before left their home state, let alone the planet Earth.
Something has changed during the past three weeks however. At first the miners were coming back from their operations, complaining of relentless fatigue, nausea, even momentary loss of vision. Two harvesters collided last week when one of the drivers became blinded. Then the discoloration quickly set in, their skin turning a foul rust color, brittle and flaking off. We’ve lost ten miners this week alone, all with the same symptoms.
It now seems to be spreading inside the facilities, even with the constant use of the decontamination rooms. Lieutenant Brownstone’s wife just lost her vision yesterday and collapsed to the floor, dead within an hour or so. Her body was placed in a quarantine chamber and still awaits autopsy. The speed at which this is now spreading, whatever it is, seems to be on an exponential curve.
After appealing to the Mining Commission today, they still won’t stop operations at this time. I fear, at this point it wouldn’t matter, as we seem to be.
Mars replica art on display outside of ODU's Barry Art Museum's Mars Fest. - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA - Nikon D810
RGB image of Mars, with Syrtis Major on the meridian. 1st October 2020.
C14 F27.5
EQ8 mount
ASI174m camera
Baader filters
Sharpcap
Autostakkert
Registax6
Photoshop
SharpenAI
IR742 + RGB image.
3rd November 2020 22h 13m ut.
C14 working at F33 (FL 11.73m)
Baader filters
ASI174M camera
Sharpcap
Autostakkert
Registax6
Photoshop
SharpenAI
Mars as seen from my bedroom window. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, being only larger than Mercury. In English, Mars carries the name of the Roman god of war and is often referred to as the "Red Planet"
After the first sketch of the Chinese garden, we got really hungry and stopped by 1919 Cafe to grab a bite. Pizza, German Hefe beer for me, and a salad for @darrylyeefineart Darryl got us a 10% discount from his membership. Then we headed out to the Sculpture Garden to do a second sketch. Then Darryl dropped me off at Allen station and it was a very good day!
"Mars"
Giacomo Cassetti (Italian, 1682 - 1757)
Dated1700-1757
The North Vista’s Italian Sculptures
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Acrylic
8x10x2 Stillman & Birn Beta Sketchbook
Sketched live 1:09 PM to 2:08 PM
Wednesday Feb 26 2025
Assembled in Space and fed by deliveries. It now orbits the Earth awaiting its crew to arrive to do the 7 Month journey to Mars.
The First
Channel 4 / More 4.
A simple model of Mars, this time using Mental Ray shaders and slight displacement. Rendered using Autodesk Maya.
Finally a cloud free night but of course the seeing was terrible.
All imaged with a 12" LX200r scope with 2.5x Powermate and Chameleon 3 camera with LRGB filter wheel.
Optics: C14XLT
Camera: ZWO ASI462MC
Capture: FireCapture
Filters: Astronomik Type 2 Lum (UV/IR block)
Processing: AS3!; Registax6; WinJupos; Affinity Photo
Mars begins to get smaller. The weather conditions are difficult, too bad... You have to be patient to get usable images with the currently variable or bad seeing.
Celestron 14
Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
The High Resolution Stereo Camera on board ESA’s Mars Express snapped a view of a curious cloud formation that appears regularly in the vicinity of the Arsia Mons volcano.
This water ice cloud, which arises as the volcano slope interacts with the air flow, can be seen as the long white feature extending to the lower right of the volcano. The cloud, which measures 915 km in this view, also casts a shadow on the surface. This image was taken on 21 September 2018 from an altitude of about 6930 km. North is up.
More information: Mars Express keeps an eye on curious cloud via www.esa.int/vmccloud