Tonight around 4:45 pm MST (23:45 UT) Mars will be as close as it gets to Earth this year. The Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera2 were used to create this color image from a series of exposures. The image below was taken when the central meridian longitude was about 320 degrees. It will be at the same longitude tonight around 8:15 pm MST (03:15 UT). For more information and additional images visit http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/45/
Image Credit , ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Bell (Cornell University), and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute, Boulder)
