Best of VMC

A gallery of the best images captured by the Mars Express Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) during testing and optimisation in 2007. The selection includes a crescent Mars, Mars' rotation and views of the Red Planet's 'volcano family' (we've also included a few images taken by the VMC in 2003).

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Caption:: First image of Mars volcanoes 23 Mar 2007
Credits:: ESA
ID number:: SEM0VSXIPIF
HI-RES PNG size:: 114 kb

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Mars Express 07-087 03.26.15 VMC Img No 29.png

This image, from 2007, DoY (day of year) 87, was the first image showing a Martian volcano, the 18km peak of Ascraeus Mons in the top right of the image. Ascraeus Mons is the northernmost of the famous Tharsis Montes chain of mountains, and if placed on Earth would cover an area twice that of Austria. Striped cloud cover can also be seen over the South Pole at the bottom of the image.

Exposure Time: 6ms

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