Planetary images by Erwin van der Velden
This homepage is the original homepage of my brother Erwin van der Velden who passed away on 27 September 2005. As his sister I received many reactions mentioning Erwin's astrophotographs, which were so much appreciated. The purpose of this homepage is to let people to be able to watch his pictures also for in the future.
A full presentation of his work can be found on the following website: www.erwinvandervelden.nl
All photographs made by Erwin van der Velden and copyrighted by Ilse van der Velden. E-mail:
For details see the individual images. For the ground-based images of Mercury please see further down this page.
Mars Images
Some markings on the C8 image can be associated with some geological landforms like Olympus Mons, parts of Valles Marineris, the craters Newton and Copernicus. For the full observation look here .
I've made also a compilation of my best Mars opposition 2003 images .
Index Images of Mars
Mercury Images
Earth-based image of surface detail on Mercury with the C8. Parts of the imaged surface haven't been mapped by spacecrafts like Mariner 10. For an explanation look here .
The same part of the surface was also imaged one year later with the C9.25, and resulted in an animation of the rotation of Mercury and another confirmation of the imaging of the Kuiper-Muraski ray system! See the Trilogy observations below.
For a static version look here .
