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15-May-2016 Andy Casely

Canyoning on Mars, 15th May

Loftus, NSW

Yesterday's weather report, a few hazy bluish clouds, especially about the south (top) polar region... but I was pretty happy to learn that the thin squiggly feature above centre is actually the Valles Marineris, or perhaps the greatest canyon in the Solar System! Some very interesting geomorphology there, *just* out of range of my little scope. Mark Watney's home on Acidalia Planitia (Mare Acidalium) is the large dark feature on the lower left. A cloud streaks to the lower right from there. Also in this view, there's a glimpse of the tiny north polar cap, and Olympus Mons is a lighter patch rising on the lower right. In old terminology, what we now know of as the Valles Marineris went by such romantic names as Melas Lacus and Tithonius Lacus, back when the dark albedo features were the best we could distinguish on Mars.

Best 1800 of 13,000 frames each, ASI185MC, 200mm f/5 Newtonian at f/30. Seeing only OK, but the high elevation of Mars helped. Processed with Firecapture, PIPP, Registax and Photoshop. full exif

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