Space Deep by Markal
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2049 Digital Elavation Model (DEM) of Mars.
PSP7, postwork Hubble background and level adjustments.
This originally started as a Pluto image...yeh, my little protest against its demise and ousting from our "Planatary" solar system...found out only 4% of the Astronomy Union voted it a "Dwarf Planet" because it met only two of the three requirements...Pluto evidently has not cleared out its neighborhood...or orbit around the sun....hmmm...lets see....each year the Earth passes through the Persieds and then again the Leonid meteor showers...and there are many other Earth crossing asteroids...seems the Earth has not cleared out its path around the sun either...wow...we don't live on a planet. No one has asked the Plutonians what they think of all this...:) Pluto is still the ninth planet!
edit: Sorry NeferiousDrO...how can they say Pluto has not cleared out its orbit?...they can't see that far or have enough years (247 year orbit)...the orbit is clear...Pluto is still out there...not blasted apart by collisions. Pluto leaves the Keiper belt and moves before the orbit of Neptune thus making it the eighth planet for a time....how can a Keiper belt object reside outside the Keiper belt? How many belt objects leave the belt? So far only Pluto...It's not a Keiper belt object...because of its large orbit it revolves for a time into the belt and then returns to our system making it a planet....size does not matter...Pluto is the ninth and sometimes for a few years the eighth planet....:0!!! In 2015 we will see it!
Comments (22)
pwilkin
Nice view
myquad
I agree completely. Great image!
NefariousDrO
Very cool image, I like how that terrain looks, especially with the dramatic angle. I do have to quibble on your comments, though: (sorry) The things you cite that Earth deals with? they cross path, they don't share our orbit. It's my understanding that is what is meant by "clearing its neighborhood". But you are correct that Pluto hasn't cleared its neighborhood, so unfortunately that makes it not a planet, or perhaps not even a dwarf planet... It's really all politics and tradition, though: Pluto is (by most astronomers admissions, even those who want to continue to call it a planet) a Kuiper Object, which happens to orbit close enough that it was spotted some time ago. Tradition kept it classified as a planet, even though larger objects have been found further out from Pluto. I say, why mess with tradition, call it a Kuiper Object commonly referred to as a Planet and be done with it. Sorry for the rant. Your image is awesome, especially your choice of background!
shayhurs
Nice!
Savage_dragon
Sorry, dude. Never really thought about it... but I like your image. ")
mikeerson
I STRONGLY AGREE WITH YOU... Pluto has always been a planet as far back as I can remember... IF THEY DECIDE it is not a planet, then what is it??? great new angle shot for your gallery.... seeing your pictures and this one side by side, this one is going to stand out big time.
scifibabe
Amen - I vote to keep Pluto as a planet. It should have this honor based on being in the solar system of planets for sooooo long. Why deprive it of this honor. Fabulous picture. Very different for you. Way cool thought. Very nice.
alan42
great looking terrain and like the composition:)
artgum
If the real Pluto looks half this good up close, it should be a planet.
ppetersen
Mark, this is a planetary masterpiece. The whites of the surface are perfection from the waters to the 'ice' capish terrain. THere is a beautiful varying bit of colors just right for an icy surface. The sky is a perfect complement!!! Love it...
geirla
Nice image. Don't want to step into an argument, but remember, Ceres and Vesta and Pallas and Juno were all once planets... until they found a hell of a lot more asteroids. Same thing happened to Pluto. Had it been all alone out there, there wouldn't be an argument. But now... there is. There's a lot of things wrong with the current definition of a "planet", but never mind. It's a lovely image of a frozen world. "World"... now that's still a nice safe vague word....
DreamersWish
Personally I think it should still be a planet, but who am I to say. I do not have a degree and I guess to make that choice you have to have one. Why should we leave any of the others out? Go ahead and add the other ones as planets too. Isn't our solar system big enough to have more? As for your image, it is a stunning piece of art. I love the surface and the wonderful view of space itself. Well done!
choronr
Pluto belongs; and, so does this image - we better watch out once you master the next plateau.
Porthos
Splendid imaged - awesome job! Up Pluto! :)
thecytron
Awesome view!
BenBischop
Awesome Scene....!!!
prutzworks
cool story Mark & very nice orbital view
Danny_G
Very cool monochrome image. Amazing post as you always have in your images. Very inspiring
SIGMAWORLD
EXCELLENT!
0rest4wicked
Meteors still strike many planets in our solar system. There are many other rouge asteroids, do we know where they all are? It is not until recent that we realize how many close calls the Earth has itself quite regularly. Pluto does follow an orbit outside the belt, the majority of its course. No asteroid does that, only a planet
gr8lykr
well done
Plantagenaut
this is really deep, dude