Mars


Mars near occultation by the moon.

This image was taken at 4:28am on July 17, 2003 at Kye's Star Farm in Venus, Florida.

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Mars with slowly disappearing polar cap.

This image was taken at 1:46am on July 27, 2003 at Markham Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.


Mars at closest approach in 60,000 years. Note how much smaller the polar ice is when compared to the photo above taken one month earlier.

This image was taken at 4:16am on August 27, 2003 at Buehler Observatory on the Central Campus of Broward Community College in Davie, Florida.


Mars showing Sinus Sabacus, Sinus Meridiani, Hellespontus, and Mare Erythraeum. The polar ice now has a small detached portion just barely visible in this image.

This image was taken at 11:59pm on August 31, 2003 at Area 51 in Big Cypress National Preserve in central South Florida.




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