--- title: Hubble Captures Stunning New Portrait of Mars description: Mars is ready for its closeup in this new Hubble Telescope image, released as the Red Planet is at its most photogenic canonical: https://time.com/4342056/hubble-mars-photo-sun/ author: Marisa Gertz article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-19T20:29:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:41:43.288Z article:section: Science og:title: Hubble Captures Stunning New Photo of Mars og:description: The Red Planet is ready for the spotlight og:url: https://time.com/4342056/hubble-mars-photo-sun/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt159a682a85b1403c/698893fecd1bba55d9700c32/hubble-mars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: hubble-mars og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hubble Captures Stunning New Photo of Mars twitter:description: The Red Planet is ready for the spotlight twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt159a682a85b1403c/698893fecd1bba55d9700c32/hubble-mars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hubble Captures Stunning New Photo of Mars > Sponsored content. 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The sun and Mars will be on the exact opposite sides of Earth on May 22, causing it to be fully illuminated from our perspective. Mars will also be at its closest point to the Earth in 11 years, at 46.8 million miles away, on May 30th. The soft, dreamy, blue areas are clouds and morning haze, while the rusty red area in the center is Arabia Terra, an upland region that might be one of the oldest terrains on the planet. Dark streaks, known as Sinus Sabaeus, indicate the presence of sand grains created from ancient lava flows. 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