Here's a new view of Mars from the world's most powerful space telescope.⁣ ⁣⁣ @NASAWebb was built to detect faint light from galaxies far, far away, so observing planets within our solar system is a challenge because of how much light they reflect from the Sun. To avoid Webb being flooded with light, scientists had to use special techniques. The observation illustrates the dynamic capabilities of the world's most powerful space telescope. Check out the image description below for details on the image, and head over to the @NASAWebb account for more.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Image Description: Taken by the telescope's NIRCam, this “heat map” shows ~4.3-micron light being given off as heat is lost on Mars. Darker, cooler regions, like Mars’ poles and northern hemisphere, are represented by purple and red. Orange and yellow represent brighter, warmer regions. There is a large yellow portion on the left half where the Sun is nearly overhead. An orange patch within that yellow is the Hellas Basin, darker due to atmospheric effects.⁣⁣ ⁣ Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Mars JWST/GTO team⁣⁣ ⁣ #Mars #Planets #Bright #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST #Webb #NASAWebb #Space #NASA