Martian Astronomer Images Jupiter
Published on 4 May 2007 at 5:22 pm.
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Filed under Images, In the News.
What looks initially like a Hubble photo or an exceptional ground based image of Jupiter was indeed taken from Mars!
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Image courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
The martian astronomer responsible for this outstanding shot is actually not a native but a terran immigrant. The HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this picture on January 11th while calibrating camera’s pointing and color response.
Original images and further details can be found here: HiRISE | Jupiter As Seen from Mars
Just thought this was kinda “gee-whiz” interesting.
Ian Musgrave on 7 May 2007 at 8:32 am: 1
I agree, that’s pretty cool for a camera meant to be imaging Mars.
Anonymous on 11 Nov 2007 at 1:35 pm: 2
That’s nice. And, Ian Musgrave, I also thing that this is cool.