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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                                  2022 December 3   
      
                            Stereo Mars near Opposition   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi   
      
      Explanation: Mars looks sharp in these two rooftop telescope views   
      captured in late November from Singapore, planet Earth. At the time,   
      Mars was about 82 million kilometers from Singapore and approaching its   
      opposition, opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky on December 8.   
      Olympus Mons, largest of the volcanoes in the Tharsis Montes region   
      (and largest known volcano in the Solar System), is near Mars' western   
      limb. In both the images it's the whitish donut-shape at the upper   
      right. The dark area visible near center is the Terra Sirenum region   
      while the long dark peninsula closest to the planet's eastern limb is   
      Sinus Gomer. Near its tip is Gale crater, the Curiosity rover's landing   
      site in 2012. Above Sinus Gomer, white spots are other volcanoes in the   
      Elysium region. At top of the planet is the north polar cap covered   
      with ice and clouds. Taken about two days apart, these images of the   
      same martian hemisphere form a stereo pair. Look at the center of the   
      frame and cross your eyes until the separate images come together to   
      see the Red Planet in 3D.   
      
                         Tomorrow's picture: Powers of Ten   
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