NASA Spacecraft Orbiting Mars Captures Image of Giant Ancient Volcano Just Before Dawn
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A new panorama from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, launched in 2001, shows one of the Red Planet's largest volcanoes, Arsia Mons, peeking through a cloud cover just as dawn breaks.
New NASA Image Shows Giant Mars Volcano Surging Through Ice Cloud Belt
NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has captured a breathtaking new view of the massive volcano Arsia Mons rising through morning ice clouds, offering a rare astronaut-like glimpse of the Martian horizon. This marks a shift in Odyssey’s mission toward atmospheric science, using horizon images to track seasonal changes in dust and water ice layers. The [...]
Mars Odyssey immortalizes an unprecedented panorama of the giant volcano, offering a new look at the atmosphere of the red planet. For the first time, a Martian volcano seems to emerge from the imagination to materialize in a very real image. On 2 May 2024, the Mars Odyssey probe captured a scene worthy of a science fiction film: Arsia Mons, its frosted top emerging from a sea of clouds lit by the first lights of the Martian dawn. Dominating the…
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