Posted on: 09 Feb, 2006
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Seasons on Mars

NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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This composite image shows the Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum face of Mars, picturing the last days of the Mars’ northern autumn/southern spring. The composite was developed using global images acquired at Mars’ solar longitude 269 degrees by the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera.

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