CRISM: Extensional features from the horizon

CRISM_FeaturedImage_LMB2B67_CompressedThe image shows a limb (meaning a view of the horizon) of the planet where the surface can be seen at the bottom, the atmosphere in the middle, and space is above in black. In order to make these observations, the MRO spacecraft must pitch onto its side so CRISM no longer looks down at the surface, but instead out onto the horizon of the planet… [More at link]

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