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HiRISE imaged Deimos in 2009. This link gives a description of the images:

https://www.uahirise.org/releases/deimos/

This link gives you both images:

https://static.uahirise.org/images/2009/deimos/Deimos.png

Here I have turned the two images upside down (or right way up, north at the top) to make them easier to compare with maps, and I have done some extra processing to increase visibility in both bright and dark areas. Deimos is a very cute moon.
#mars #phobos #deimos

HiRISE imaged Deimos in 2009. This link gives a description of the images:

https://www.uahirise.org/releases/deimos/

This link gives you both images:

https://static.uahirise.org/images/2009/deimos/Deimos.png

Here I have turned the two images upside down (or right way up, north at the top) to make them easier to compare with maps, and I have done some extra processing to increase visibility in both bright and dark areas. Deimos is a very cute moon.
#mars #phobos #deimos

HiRISE imaged Deimos in 2009. This link gives a description of the images:

https://www.uahirise.org/releases/deimos/

This link gives you both images:

https://static.uahirise.org/images/2009/deimos/Deimos.png

Here I have turned the two images upside down (or right way up, north at the top) to make them easier to compare with maps, and I have done some extra processing to increase visibility in both bright and dark areas. Deimos is a very cute moon.
#mars #phobos #deimos

HiRISE imaged Deimos in 2009. This link gives a description of the images:

https://www.uahirise.org/releases/deimos/

This link gives you both images:

https://static.uahirise.org/images/2009/deimos/Deimos.png

Here I have turned the two images upside down (or right way up, north at the top) to make them easier to compare with maps, and I have done some extra processing to increase visibility in both bright and dark areas. Deimos is a very cute moon.
#mars #phobos #deimos

HiRISE imaged Deimos in 2009. This link gives a description of the images:

https://www.uahirise.org/releases/deimos/

This link gives you both images:

https://static.uahirise.org/images/2009/deimos/Deimos.png

Here I have turned the two images upside down (or right way up, north at the top) to make them easier to compare with maps, and I have done some extra processing to increase visibility in both bright and dark areas. Deimos is a very cute moon.
#mars #phobos #deimos

🚀 oddquark // Space Watch — 2026-08-24

A nuclear-powered ROTORCRAFT flying through Titan's thick atmosphere hunting for the building blocks of life?! Dragonfly is one of the wildest missions ever conceived and it's finally taking physical shape. Absolutely can't wait 🚁🪐

🔗 https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-08-22/nasa-dragonfly-drone-spacecraft-takes-shape

#SpaceX #NASA #Mars #Space

🚀 oddquark // Space Watch — 2026-08-24

A nuclear-powered ROTORCRAFT flying through Titan's thick atmosphere hunting for the building blocks of life?! Dragonfly is one of the wildest missions ever conceived and it's finally taking physical shape. Absolutely can't wait 🚁🪐

🔗 https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-08-22/nasa-dragonfly-drone-spacecraft-takes-shape

#SpaceX #NASA #Mars #Space

🚀 oddquark // Space Watch — 2026-08-24

A nuclear-powered ROTORCRAFT flying through Titan's thick atmosphere hunting for the building blocks of life?! Dragonfly is one of the wildest missions ever conceived and it's finally taking physical shape. Absolutely can't wait 🚁🪐

🔗 https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-08-22/nasa-dragonfly-drone-spacecraft-takes-shape

#SpaceX #NASA #Mars #Space

Mars2020 - Sol 1948 - MastCam-Z 🪐

#mars #mars2020 #mastcamz #perseverance #rover

▶️ 1 new picture from @kevinmgill https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars2020_-_Sol_1948_-_MastCam-Z_%2855470491598%29.jpg

Mars2020 - Sol 1948 - MastCam-Z 🪐

#mars #mars2020 #mastcamz #perseverance #rover

▶️ 1 new picture from @kevinmgill https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars2020_-_Sol_1948_-_MastCam-Z_%2855470491598%29.jpg

Mars2020 - Sol 1948 - MastCam-Z 🪐

#mars #mars2020 #mastcamz #perseverance #rover

▶️ 1 new picture from @kevinmgill https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars2020_-_Sol_1948_-_MastCam-Z_%2855470491598%29.jpg

Mars2020 - Sol 1948 - MastCam-Z 🪐

#mars #mars2020 #mastcamz #perseverance #rover

▶️ 1 new picture from @kevinmgill https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars2020_-_Sol_1948_-_MastCam-Z_%2855470491598%29.jpg

SPCX Holds Steady at the Zero Line: Consolidation Mode Activated

Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SPCX) closed at 136.97 on Aug 21 ’26, up 2.22%, after a choppy stretch that saw it bounce off the 106.71 support and repeatedly test the 147.81 resistance. The latest candlestick sits right on the N-dicator: 0 marker—signaling classic consolidation sentiment—as price digests the mid-August volume spike and digests the prior pullback. Bulls and bears are currently in a temporary stalemate; the next decisive break will likely set the tone for September.

SPCX Holds Steady at the Zero Line: Consolidation Mode Activated

Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SPCX) closed at 136.97 on Aug 21 ’26, up 2.22%, after a choppy stretch that saw it bounce off the 106.71 support and repeatedly test the 147.81 resistance. The latest candlestick sits right on the N-dicator: 0 marker—signaling classic consolidation sentiment—as price digests the mid-August volume spike and digests the prior pullback. Bulls and bears are currently in a temporary stalemate; the next decisive break will likely set the tone for September.

SPCX Holds Steady at the Zero Line: Consolidation Mode Activated

Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SPCX) closed at 136.97 on Aug 21 ’26, up 2.22%, after a choppy stretch that saw it bounce off the 106.71 support and repeatedly test the 147.81 resistance. The latest candlestick sits right on the N-dicator: 0 marker—signaling classic consolidation sentiment—as price digests the mid-August volume spike and digests the prior pullback. Bulls and bears are currently in a temporary stalemate; the next decisive break will likely set the tone for September.

SPCX Holds Steady at the Zero Line: Consolidation Mode Activated

Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SPCX) closed at 136.97 on Aug 21 ’26, up 2.22%, after a choppy stretch that saw it bounce off the 106.71 support and repeatedly test the 147.81 resistance. The latest candlestick sits right on the N-dicator: 0 marker—signaling classic consolidation sentiment—as price digests the mid-August volume spike and digests the prior pullback. Bulls and bears are currently in a temporary stalemate; the next decisive break will likely set the tone for September.

SPCX Holds Steady at the Zero Line: Consolidation Mode Activated

Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SPCX) closed at 136.97 on Aug 21 ’26, up 2.22%, after a choppy stretch that saw it bounce off the 106.71 support and repeatedly test the 147.81 resistance. The latest candlestick sits right on the N-dicator: 0 marker—signaling classic consolidation sentiment—as price digests the mid-August volume spike and digests the prior pullback. Bulls and bears are currently in a temporary stalemate; the next decisive break will likely set the tone for September.

@PhilStooke
"so we have stereo" sounds like an invitation 🤓

Here's a quick stereogram, left pair for parallel viewing, right pair for cross-eyed viewing.

Originals:
https://static.uahirise.org/images/2008/details/phobos/PSP_007769_9010_IRB.jpg
https://static.uahirise.org/images/2008/details/phobos/PSP_007769_9015_IRB.jpg

Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

#HiRISE #Mars #solarocks #NASA #3D #Space

@PhilStooke
"so we have stereo" sounds like an invitation 🤓

Here's a quick stereogram, left pair for parallel viewing, right pair for cross-eyed viewing.

Originals:
https://static.uahirise.org/images/2008/details/phobos/PSP_007769_9010_IRB.jpg
https://static.uahirise.org/images/2008/details/phobos/PSP_007769_9015_IRB.jpg

Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

#HiRISE #Mars #solarocks #NASA #3D #Space

@PhilStooke
"so we have stereo" sounds like an invitation 🤓

Here's a quick stereogram, left pair for parallel viewing, right pair for cross-eyed viewing.

Originals:
https://static.uahirise.org/images/2008/details/phobos/PSP_007769_9010_IRB.jpg
https://static.uahirise.org/images/2008/details/phobos/PSP_007769_9015_IRB.jpg

Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

#HiRISE #Mars #solarocks #NASA #3D #Space

@PhilStooke
"so we have stereo" sounds like an invitation 🤓

Here's a quick stereogram, left pair for parallel viewing, right pair for cross-eyed viewing.

Originals:
https://static.uahirise.org/images/2008/details/phobos/PSP_007769_9010_IRB.jpg
https://static.uahirise.org/images/2008/details/phobos/PSP_007769_9015_IRB.jpg

Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

#HiRISE #Mars #solarocks #NASA #3D #Space

@PhilStooke
"so we have stereo" sounds like an invitation 🤓

Here's a quick stereogram, left pair for parallel viewing, right pair for cross-eyed viewing.

Originals:
https://static.uahirise.org/images/2008/details/phobos/PSP_007769_9010_IRB.jpg
https://static.uahirise.org/images/2008/details/phobos/PSP_007769_9015_IRB.jpg

Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

#HiRISE #Mars #solarocks #NASA #3D #Space

To back up my assertion... here is an early report on Viking images of Mars:

Carr et al., 1976. Preliminary results from the Viking orbiter imaging experiment. Science, 193(4255), pp.766-776.

Tomorrow - let's look at Deimos.
#mars #phobos #deimos

To back up my assertion... here is an early report on Viking images of Mars:

Carr et al., 1976. Preliminary results from the Viking orbiter imaging experiment. Science, 193(4255), pp.766-776.

Tomorrow - let's look at Deimos.
#mars #phobos #deimos

To back up my assertion... here is an early report on Viking images of Mars:

Carr et al., 1976. Preliminary results from the Viking orbiter imaging experiment. Science, 193(4255), pp.766-776.

Tomorrow - let's look at Deimos.
#mars #phobos #deimos

To back up my assertion... here is an early report on Viking images of Mars:

Carr et al., 1976. Preliminary results from the Viking orbiter imaging experiment. Science, 193(4255), pp.766-776.

Tomorrow - let's look at Deimos.
#mars #phobos #deimos

To back up my assertion... here is an early report on Viking images of Mars:

Carr et al., 1976. Preliminary results from the Viking orbiter imaging experiment. Science, 193(4255), pp.766-776.

Tomorrow - let's look at Deimos.
#mars #phobos #deimos

So imaging scientists interested in geology or clouds in an atmosphere had to fight to get cameras accepted. To make them sound more like science than postcards they were called experiments. Voyager - the most amazing voyage of discovery ever undertaken, in my view - would have flown without cameras in early plans for it. Outer planet clouds would be fuzzy and icy moons would be flat like ice on a lake. Nothing to see here. Luckily... we got pictures.
#mars #phobos #deimos

So imaging scientists interested in geology or clouds in an atmosphere had to fight to get cameras accepted. To make them sound more like science than postcards they were called experiments. Voyager - the most amazing voyage of discovery ever undertaken, in my view - would have flown without cameras in early plans for it. Outer planet clouds would be fuzzy and icy moons would be flat like ice on a lake. Nothing to see here. Luckily... we got pictures.
#mars #phobos #deimos

So imaging scientists interested in geology or clouds in an atmosphere had to fight to get cameras accepted. To make them sound more like science than postcards they were called experiments. Voyager - the most amazing voyage of discovery ever undertaken, in my view - would have flown without cameras in early plans for it. Outer planet clouds would be fuzzy and icy moons would be flat like ice on a lake. Nothing to see here. Luckily... we got pictures.
#mars #phobos #deimos

So imaging scientists interested in geology or clouds in an atmosphere had to fight to get cameras accepted. To make them sound more like science than postcards they were called experiments. Voyager - the most amazing voyage of discovery ever undertaken, in my view - would have flown without cameras in early plans for it. Outer planet clouds would be fuzzy and icy moons would be flat like ice on a lake. Nothing to see here. Luckily... we got pictures.
#mars #phobos #deimos

So imaging scientists interested in geology or clouds in an atmosphere had to fight to get cameras accepted. To make them sound more like science than postcards they were called experiments. Voyager - the most amazing voyage of discovery ever undertaken, in my view - would have flown without cameras in early plans for it. Outer planet clouds would be fuzzy and icy moons would be flat like ice on a lake. Nothing to see here. Luckily... we got pictures.
#mars #phobos #deimos

The top left corner of that image is the rim of Stickney crater. Grooves cross the surface and individual small rocks are scattered across the surface. HiRISE... why is a camera called an 'experiment'? This goes back to the early days of space exploration, which was largely the domain of physicists. Particles, fields, plasma, dust, radiation... you can get pretty good data in a small number of bytes, but a decent image might need hundreds of thousands of bytes.
#mars #phobos #deimos

The top left corner of that image is the rim of Stickney crater. Grooves cross the surface and individual small rocks are scattered across the surface. HiRISE... why is a camera called an 'experiment'? This goes back to the early days of space exploration, which was largely the domain of physicists. Particles, fields, plasma, dust, radiation... you can get pretty good data in a small number of bytes, but a decent image might need hundreds of thousands of bytes.
#mars #phobos #deimos

The top left corner of that image is the rim of Stickney crater. Grooves cross the surface and individual small rocks are scattered across the surface. HiRISE... why is a camera called an 'experiment'? This goes back to the early days of space exploration, which was largely the domain of physicists. Particles, fields, plasma, dust, radiation... you can get pretty good data in a small number of bytes, but a decent image might need hundreds of thousands of bytes.
#mars #phobos #deimos

The top left corner of that image is the rim of Stickney crater. Grooves cross the surface and individual small rocks are scattered across the surface. HiRISE... why is a camera called an 'experiment'? This goes back to the early days of space exploration, which was largely the domain of physicists. Particles, fields, plasma, dust, radiation... you can get pretty good data in a small number of bytes, but a decent image might need hundreds of thousands of bytes.
#mars #phobos #deimos

The top left corner of that image is the rim of Stickney crater. Grooves cross the surface and individual small rocks are scattered across the surface. HiRISE... why is a camera called an 'experiment'? This goes back to the early days of space exploration, which was largely the domain of physicists. Particles, fields, plasma, dust, radiation... you can get pretty good data in a small number of bytes, but a decent image might need hundreds of thousands of bytes.
#mars #phobos #deimos

Mars2020 - Sol 1955 - MastCam-Z - White Balanced 🪐

#curiosity #mahli #mars #mars2020 #mastcam #mastcamz #msl #perseverance

⏩ 11 new pictures from @kevinmgill https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22Spacemedia+Individuals+Flickr+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1

Mars2020 - Sol 1955 - MastCam-Z - White Balanced 🪐

#curiosity #mahli #mars #mars2020 #mastcam #mastcamz #msl #perseverance

⏩ 11 new pictures from @kevinmgill https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22Spacemedia+Individuals+Flickr+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1

Mars2020 - Sol 1955 - MastCam-Z - White Balanced 🪐

#curiosity #mahli #mars #mars2020 #mastcam #mastcamz #msl #perseverance

⏩ 11 new pictures from @kevinmgill https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22Spacemedia+Individuals+Flickr+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1

Mars2020 - Sol 1955 - MastCam-Z - White Balanced 🪐

#curiosity #mahli #mars #mars2020 #mastcam #mastcamz #msl #perseverance

⏩ 11 new pictures from @kevinmgill https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22Spacemedia+Individuals+Flickr+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1

HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, has taken amazing images of Phobos and Deimos despite never getting very close to them. They can be seen here:

https://www.uahirise.org/releases/phobos/

There are 2 pictures, so we have stereo. HiRISE can image in a kind of exaggerated colour using blue, red and infrared bands. Look down the page to 'image products' to see 2 B/W images and 2 colour images. My cropped view is rotated and more contrasty.
#mars #phobos #deimos

HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, has taken amazing images of Phobos and Deimos despite never getting very close to them. They can be seen here:

https://www.uahirise.org/releases/phobos/

There are 2 pictures, so we have stereo. HiRISE can image in a kind of exaggerated colour using blue, red and infrared bands. Look down the page to 'image products' to see 2 B/W images and 2 colour images. My cropped view is rotated and more contrasty.
#mars #phobos #deimos

HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, has taken amazing images of Phobos and Deimos despite never getting very close to them. They can be seen here:

https://www.uahirise.org/releases/phobos/

There are 2 pictures, so we have stereo. HiRISE can image in a kind of exaggerated colour using blue, red and infrared bands. Look down the page to 'image products' to see 2 B/W images and 2 colour images. My cropped view is rotated and more contrasty.
#mars #phobos #deimos

HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, has taken amazing images of Phobos and Deimos despite never getting very close to them. They can be seen here:

https://www.uahirise.org/releases/phobos/

There are 2 pictures, so we have stereo. HiRISE can image in a kind of exaggerated colour using blue, red and infrared bands. Look down the page to 'image products' to see 2 B/W images and 2 colour images. My cropped view is rotated and more contrasty.
#mars #phobos #deimos

HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, has taken amazing images of Phobos and Deimos despite never getting very close to them. They can be seen here:

https://www.uahirise.org/releases/phobos/

There are 2 pictures, so we have stereo. HiRISE can image in a kind of exaggerated colour using blue, red and infrared bands. Look down the page to 'image products' to see 2 B/W images and 2 colour images. My cropped view is rotated and more contrasty.
#mars #phobos #deimos

🚀 oddquark // Space Watch — 2026-08-23

Starship just did a static fire ahead of its FIRST ORBITAL FLIGHT! 🚀 This is the big one, folks, the ship that's supposed to take us to the Moon and Mars. Engines lighting up means we're SO close!

🔗 https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-fires-up-starship-ahead-of-megarockets-1st-orbital-flight-video

#SpaceX #NASA #Mars #Space

🚀 oddquark // Space Watch — 2026-08-23

Starship just did a static fire ahead of its FIRST ORBITAL FLIGHT! 🚀 This is the big one, folks, the ship that's supposed to take us to the Moon and Mars. Engines lighting up means we're SO close!

🔗 https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-fires-up-starship-ahead-of-megarockets-1st-orbital-flight-video

#SpaceX #NASA #Mars #Space

https://www.europesays.com/ie/651258/ Roman Space Telescope Mission – SpaceX #Aerospace #dragon #Éire #ElonMusk #Falcon9 #FalconHeavy #IE #Ireland #Mars #Science #Space #SpaceX #Starship

Especially interesting: #Reconnection at #Mars is not just a local #plasma process. It can restructure the induced #magnetosphere, generate flux ropes and jets, open magnetic escape pathways, contribute to #auroral activity, and possibly affect #atmospheric ion loss.

Even a planet without a global #MagneticField can have very dynamic #PlasmaPhysics.

#SpacePhysics #Aurora #PolarLights

Especially interesting: #Reconnection at #Mars is not just a local #plasma process. It can restructure the induced #magnetosphere, generate flux ropes and jets, open magnetic escape pathways, contribute to #auroral activity, and possibly affect #atmospheric ion loss.

Even a planet without a global #MagneticField can have very dynamic #PlasmaPhysics.

#SpacePhysics #Aurora #PolarLights