Don Parker's amazing Mars

Posted by David Eicher
on Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Photo credit: Donald C. Parker
Oooh! Life is too busy. Since returning from Hawaii and preparing to go to Pennsylvania, things are crazy and good but amazingly hectic at Astronomy magazine. There’s no time today but to share an incredible image of Mars taken by Florida astroimaging legend Don Parker.

Don‘s image, taken June 12, 2012, shows the Red Planet with incredible details: bright clouds over Tharsis and Candor, and clouds scattered over Tempe, Arcadia, and Chryse. Check out these incredible details. This is as good as imaging of Mars by a backyard astronomer gets.

Enjoy!

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