Image Gallery

Image Gallery - UNSW Planetary Atmospheres

All the images here are from observations obtained by the UNSW (formerly Macquarie) planetary group. Most are images taken at near-infrared wavelengths. Click on the images for larger versions and more details.

Venus


Venus Clouds, AAT, IRIS2, Jul 2004	Venus Airglow, ANU 2.3m CASPIR, Sep 2002.	Venus Clouds, AAT, IRIS2, Dec 2005

Venus Clouds - July 26 2007 - AAT IRIS2

Venus Surface Topography - July 26 2007 - AAT IRIS2

Mars

UKIRT Image of Mars on Aug 17 2003. Colour composite from images at 1.57, 1.64 and 2.12 microns.
Annotated version
UKIRT Image of Mars on Sep 4 2003. Colour composite from images at 1.57, 1.64 and 2.12 microns 1.64 micron image on Sep 4th

How these images were made

Complete set of 2.12 micron images during 2003 opposition - UKIRT/UIST

Mars Map at 2.12 microns constructed from above images

CO2 Images of Mars showing Martian Surface Topography - Aug/Sep 2003 UKIRT/UIST

Images of Mars on Oct 27 (left) and Oct 28 (right) 2005 showing the sudden appearance of a bright dust storm - the bright area just above and right of the centre. the images are extracted from spectral cubes obtained with the Cshell instrument on the NASA 3.0m Infrared Telescope Facility (Observers Jeremy Bailey, Andrew Simpson). See here for an HST image of the same storm

Titan

Titan Images

Images of Titan obtained with the NIFS Integral Field Spectrometer on the Gemini North Telescope (Feb 2 2006) and the Altair adaptive optics system. The images at different wavelengths probe different heights in Titan's atmosphere. The 2.03 micrometre image sees through the atmosphere and shows surface markings. The 2.12 micrometre image the troposphere at ~10km altitude. The 2.3 micrometre image views the stratosphere. the latter two images are limb brightened due to the stratospheric haze. The 2.3 micrometre image shows the seasonal asymmetry of the haze layers.

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Jeremy Bailey - 9 October 2008