Monday, August 14, 2006

Space the Final Frontier, Martian Sunset

Target Name: Mars, Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun), Mission: Mars Pathfinder (MPF), Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder Lander.
Target Name: Mars, Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun), Mission: Mars Pathfinder (MPF), Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder Lander, Instrument: Imager for Mars Pathfinder, Product Size: 920 samples x 225 lines, Produced By: JPL, Full-Res JPEG: PIA07453.jpg (16.43 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: This illustration is a composite that creatively combines two previously released images from Mars Pathfinder for a sunset scene in Ares Valles in July 1997. The combined images are PIA01547 for the sky, and a portion of PIA01466 for the terrain. The sky image is a radiometrically correct, true-color sunset, with the sky near the Sun a pale blue color.

The terrain image has been artistically adjusted to match the approximate time of day of the sky image (4:10 p.m. local solar time at the landing site) and to provide a seamless horizon. The two source images are composites of several frames from the Imager for Mars Pathfinder camera. Additional information is available in the captions for the original images.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona.

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