• A disk view of Mars, with clouds on the western side of the disk.
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    This NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the planet Mars is the clearest picture ever taken from Earth, surpassed only by close-up shots sent back by visiting space probes. The picture was taken on February 25, 1995, when Mars was at a distance of approximately 65 million miles (103 million km) from Earth. Morning clouds appear along the planet's western (left) limb. These form overnight when Martian temperatures plunge and water in the atmosphere freezes out to form ice-crystal clouds.

  • A disk view of Mars, with clouds on the western side of the disk.

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February 25, 1995

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WEB12090-2011

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NASA/Philip James-University of Toledo/Steven Lee-University of Colorado

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