Close up Views of an Active MarsNational Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Free, Tickets Required
4:30 p.m. Discovery Station (in front of Welcome Center) 5:45p.m. Planetarium presentation 6:45 p.m. Telescope observing at Public Observatory, weather permitting
The HiRISE camera on the orbiting Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed Mars to be a far more active place than previously known. Attendees at this lecture will view high resolution images of avalanches, dust devils, geysers, possibly a trickle of water, and more as Patrick Russell provides an in-depth discussion about Mars imagery.
The Smithsonian’s Stars Lecture Series is made possible by a grant from NASA.
Images like this from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show portions of the Martian surface in unprecedented detail.
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