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NASA Just Released Over 1,000 New Images Of Mars And They’re Out Of This World
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We've always been led to believe that Mars is red. That's why it's nicknamed The Red Planet. But as you can see from these stunning new images recently released by NASA, the surface of Mars is actually a lot more colorful than we think.
The images were taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), which has been rotating the not-so-red planet since it was launched into space in 2005. Thousands of images have been beamed back to earth since then, but few are as impressive as this latest batch of pictures. Several factors (such as the sun's position to Mars, Mars' position to earth, and the Mars equinox) conspired to make photography conditions just right for the MRO, and the Orbiter was able to snap a total of 1,035 images with an incredible level of clarity. From gullies to dunes, valleys to slopes, the pictures reveal a very different Mars to the one of our imagination. Here's a list of some of our favorites. You can find the full collection here. (h/t: mymodernmet)
Cryptic Terrain
Irregular Basin Floor Materials
Edge Of Mesa Near Idaeus Fossae
As rivers age they can meander and occasionally these meanders get so pronounced that the river cuts off these curving loops at their narrow end leaving them as isolated as oxbow lakes.
Cratered Layered Terrain And Wall Slopes In Melas Chasma
Spider Terrain
Syria Planum Bedform And Albedo Changes
Deposits In Noctis Labyrinthus
Sinus Meridiani Dune Monitoring
Dune Field With Bright Fans
Crater In Hesperia Planum
Dunes Dubbed Tleilax
You see things like this, and realize how small we really are. And then you wonder just why the heck we all can't get along.
These make me homesick. ^_-
And it will be still the same red desert in every f___ing movie.
You see things like this, and realize how small we really are. And then you wonder just why the heck we all can't get along.
These make me homesick. ^_-
And it will be still the same red desert in every f___ing movie.