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Planet Mars as seen by the 60-Inch Telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory

Astronomers took these four views of Mars during the Red Planet's closest approach to the Earth in 1956.
July 14, 2015
Credit Carnegie Institution for Science
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Astronomers took these four views of Mars during the Red Planet's closest approach to the Earth in 1956. They took a series of images through colored filters over the course of one month, to show a dynamic, changing surface.