by Rod Pommier
Mars photographed on 2/7/2010 showing Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system. It can be seen as the small reddish-orange oval near the left limb, which is the 15 mile high mountain rising above the morning haze and fog that cover the planet's eastern limb. Three other volcano domes are visible to the lower right of Olympus Mons. Other features visible on the image are the North Polar Cap. Beneath that is the large dark feature Mare Acidalium. The Chryse Planitia is the orange plane south of that. The southern dark features include the Aurorae Sinus with the Oxia Palus projecting northward, the Mare Erythraeum , Argyre which is filled with haze near the southern limb, and the circular Solis Lacus, or eye of Mars. The transverse linear feature north of Solis Lacus corresponds to the location of the Valles Marinaris. Sinus Meridiani is setting on the western limb.
Telescope: Celestron Compustar C14 with Televue Powermate 2X
Location: Pommier Observatory, Portland, Oregon
Date/Time: 2/07/2010, 7:05 UT
Camera: Phillips SPC 900 NE
Exposure: Best 167 frames out of 1000 at 10 frames per second stacked in RegiStax 5