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New views from the Mars Webcam 4 March 2013
Some recent views of the Red Planet from the Visual Monitoring Camera, the "Mars Webcam" on board the Mars Express orbiter. Left: the great Valles Marineris canyon can be seen near the upper right side of the disc, filled with mist or dust. Center: a clear view of the canyon, and all the way down to the south polar cap. Right: weather on the horizon. Some recent views of the Red Planet from the Visual Monitoring Camera, the "Mars Webcam" on board the Mars Express orbiter. Left: the great Valles Marineris canyon can be seen near the upper right side of the disc, filled with mist or dust. Center: a clear view of the canyon, and all the way down to the south polar cap. Right: weather on the horizon.
Image credit: ESA/Mars Express/VMC/Bill Dunford/CC BY-NC 3.0