Sunset on Mars

by Scott Beale on June 3, 2008 · 8 comments

Sunset on Mars

As part of their Image of the Day series, NASA posted a beautiful image of a sunset on Mars sent by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on May 19, 2005.

via Buzz Andersen

image via NASA

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{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

1 John June 3, 2008 at 7:20 pm

Shucks, the full size image is way too small to be a desktop.

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2 Chris Tucker June 3, 2008 at 9:23 pm

Here you go, John. 1600 X 1200

http://img.skitch.com/20080604-xk7jwu2se1h4pc3bs79rdeqpkc.jpg

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3 Davinder June 3, 2008 at 10:57 pm

There’s bigger versions at the bottom of the page here:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050610a.html

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4 Victoria June 3, 2008 at 11:03 pm

Wow, this is so amazingly beautiful.

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