French astrophotographer Jean-Luc Dauvergne claims to have published the best map of Mars ever photographed from the Earth's surface.
This video durations 2 minutes was created with the photos of.
Ο Dauvergne made a 2 minute video using photos, showing both the map and a rotating one projection of Mars. All images of Mars were taken over 6 nights, between October and November 2020, using a 1-meter telescope at the Pic-du-Midi observatory in the French Pyrenees.
The telescope at Pic-du-Midi was created to help NASA prepare for the Apollo spacecraft missions in the early 60s and is still one of the best in the world to study planetary surfaces in the visible part of the spectrum.
Dauvergne says he got the idea for the world map of Mars after seeing images taken last month by various observers.
You can also see a XNUMXD version of the rotating Mars in this video.
