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Shaun, do you have a link to that article? I don't doubt a 10year old took it, but the implication is somewhat dismissive of the whole thing. 'Really, a ten year old took that!? Must be pee easy that astronomy caper to use happy snappy photos...'.
That is one heck of a photo, and I am suspicious of the background to it. Like Dean, I suspect that the image is a processed on, and not a happy snappy. If a ten year old used a C8 with a half decent camera and post processing, I'd believe that more the case.
there are clouds visible in that image (the whispy white stains to the left and right. A happysnappy I really, really doubt would show that. By happy snappy I mean a phone camera pointed into the eyepiece.
I have seen details like this in my C8. Very much dependent on good seeing as Dean also mentions. I haven't seen detail like this in my dobs, but only because I don't use them for the Mars. But such detail will be there if conditions allow. It's one of my most cherished experiences to be able to tease out such fleeting details from Mars. A quiet, heart stopping moment for me.
Alex.
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