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Rosetta successfully swings-by Mars – next target: Earth

25 February 2007

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Two-colour composite of Mars seen by the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 24 February at 19:28 CET from a distance of about 240 000 km. Image resolution is about 5 km. The greenish regions are clouds above the red surface of Mars.

Credits: ESA © 2007 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

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