Mars
High-resolution imaging of Mars and its surface detail.
Mars: Late-Season Detail
The smallest and last Mars capture of the 2025 apparition, still resolving a bright polar cap and a faint dark marking.
Mars: A Shrinking Disk
Mars noticeably smaller a month past opposition, its disk wrapped in a bluish limb haze with dark markings still visible across the center.
Mars: A Broad Dark Region
A broad, diffuse dark region spanning much of Mars's disk, with a small polar cap still visible at the limb.
Mars: Softening Detail Post-Opposition
Mars continuing to recede from Earth, its disk softening as faint dark markings trail along the southern limb.
Mars: Polar Cap in Sharp Relief
Mars just past opposition, with a vivid blue-white polar cap and a compact dark marking still well resolved.
Mars: A Different Rotational Face
Still near opposition, but showing a different side of Mars thanks to the planet's roughly 24.6-hour rotation.
Mars Near Opposition
Mars at its largest and brightest, captured right around the January 2025 opposition with a prominent dark marking and polar hood.
Mars with a Bright Polar Hood
Mars closing in on opposition, with a prominent blue-white north polar hood and a subtler dark surface marking.
Mars: Surface Detail Sharpens
A sharper, slightly larger Mars a few weeks before opposition, showing distinct dark markings across its disk.
Mars: Early Approach to Opposition
Mars still small in apparent size, weeks before the January 2025 opposition, with a dark surface marking and a bright north polar hood.