Another simply wonderful image – looks very natural too. Methinks I’m going to have to get a Mars Atlas to learn about some of these features, so I can appreciate more completely the incredible detail you have managed to capture so well.
Blinking the two, I slightly prefer your 2nd (IR) rendition. However, if you had posted these several weeks apart and I was unable to compare the 2, I would favour both equally in terms of how they appear and what they reveal to the viewer.
always thoroughly enjoy your images Bird, and brilliant as usual i must say. I like the second, altho the first may be a little more natural looking, but the other seems to have more detail. and its just a speck atm! lol
onya!
cheers