Mars near opposition 1995-2005: 1999
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped this picture of Mars on October 28, within a day of its closest approach to Earth on the night of October 29. The large regional dust storm appears as the brighter, redder cloudy region in the middle of the planet's disk.
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Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 410 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical V | 502 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical R | 673 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |