The same picture from the previous tweet. Sandy reds and light tan cover patches of the planet, which arcs from the upper right to lower left of the image.

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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jul-2023 00:49:16 UTC Robert McNees

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   The palette was chosen as the most suitable match among the available pastels for the grayscale produced by the camera. It’s remarkably close to the colors we now associate with Mars! The darkest brown patch is space.

   Images: NASA / JPL