by Rod Pommier
Telescope and Mount: Celestron Compustar C14 Telescope/Mount with 2x Televue Powermate Barlow. Camera:Point Grey Research Flea3 Color. Date/Time: 2012-03-06, 06:38 UT. Location: Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA. Exposures: Best 300 frames out of 1500 at 24 frames per second. Seeing conditions (Damian Peach Scale): Poor (but clear weather in March is rare in Oregon).
Mars showing the North Polar cap that has melted in spring, Utopia and Casius point, Syrtis Major (including Huygens crater), Arabia, Sinus Sabaeus , Sinus Meridiani, and Acidalia Planitia. The Hellas basin has cloud cover, and blue haze can be seen on both the eastern and western limbs.