Mars on September 5, 2020

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Congrats on the APOD. An excellent capture. Some day I hope to do some planetary imaging with my SCT.
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Super nice Mars capture Mikey. Excellent work! Congrats on winning the APOD for September 11th.
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I was immediately struck but the detail on the ice cap. Fine work there! Well deserved award!

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Very nice detail, thanks!
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Sweet. Beautiful capture of Mars, Mikey. I'm officially jealous.
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