Mars 2-weeks after opposition

Surrounded by a light area south of Valles Marineris, Solis Lacus (Lake of the Sun) looks like a planet-sized pupil, famously known as The Eye of Mars.

While in the upper left, Olympus Mons emerges from the northern clouds.

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