
NASA Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope took the picture on June 26, 2001 when Mars was approximately 43 million miles 68 million km from Earth -- the closest Mars has ever been to Earth since 1988.
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NASA ID
PIA18184
Date Created
June 26, 2001
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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