Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Fri Aug 31 2018 03:11:48 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2018 August 31 [2] Close Mars Image Credit & Copyright [3] : D. Peach [4] , V. Suc, Chilescope team [5] Explanation: Still bright in evening skies, Mars was just past opposition [6] and closest to Earth on July 31, a mere 57.6 million kilometers away. Captured only a week later, this remarkable image shows the Red Planet's disk [7] near its maximum size in earthbound telescopes, but still less than 1/74th the apparent diameter of a Full Moon. Broad regional surface shadings are starting to reappear in the tantalizing [8] view as the latest planet-wide dust storm subsides [9] . With the bright south polar cap at the bottom, the Valles Marineris extends along the center of the disk. Just below it lies [10] the roughly circular Solis Lacus region sometimes known as the Eye of Mars [11] . In a line, three prominent dark spots left of center are the volcanic Tharsis Montes. Tomorrow's picture: Aerosol Earth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [12] | Archive [13] | Submissions [14] | Index [15] | Search [16] | Calendar [17] | RSS [18] | Education [19] | About APOD [20] | Discuss [21] | > [22] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [23] (MTU [24] ) & Jerry Bonnell [25] (UMCP [26] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [27] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [28] A service of: ASD [29] at NASA [30] / GSFC [31] & Michigan Tech. U. [32] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1808/m2018_08_06Adp.jpg [3] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [4] http://www.damianpeach.com/ [5] http://www.chilescope.com/ [6] http://www.planetary.org/blogs/bruce-betts/ mars-opposition-lunar-eclipse.html [7] ap180601.html [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_Chronicles [9] https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status_opportunityAll.html [10] http://hubblesite.org/image/1384/news_release/2003-22 [11] http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2003JALPO..45b..38. [12] ap180830.html [13] archivepix.html [14] lib/apsubmit2015.html [15] lib/aptree.html [16] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [17] calendar/allyears.html [18] /apod.rss [19] lib/edlinks.html [20] lib/about_apod.html [21] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=180831 [22] ap180901.html [23] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [24] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [25] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [26] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [27] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [28] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [29] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [30] https://www.nasa.gov/ [31] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [32] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .