Hope Probe Captures Stunning Images

Hope Probe Mission

The Hope Probe has captured stunning mages of the amount of water ice clouds in the Martian atmosphere.

The images will assist researchers in understanding the amount of water ice in the lower atmosphere, as well as the changes noticed throughout the Martian day, season and year.

According to a tweet from the Hope Probe Mission Twitter account, "The picture on the left is an image taken by EXI that has been corrected for the effects of the instrument. The picture on the right is an analysis of the left image where the pixel values are converted to the thickness of atmospheric water ice. The quantity is technically known as the 'water ice optical depth', and this image product is known as EXI Level 3 (L3) data."

The Hope Probe was launched on 9 February 2021 and has since captured images and data to understand the Red Planet better.

The probe will continue its mission till mid-2023, with the possibility of the mission extending for another two years.

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