NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

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Mars definitely deserves to be called the Red Planet, since it is mostly covered with reddish-brown rust. However, scientists use many shooting techniques, and photos of the surface of Mars are painted with all the colors of the rainbow.

The automatic interplanetary station Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched by the American aerospace agency NASA, began orbiting Mars in 2006, and since then its camera has been shooting stunning and scientifically valuable landscapes. The camera, called HiRISE, takes such detailed photos that scientists can explore the surface of the planet on a scale of several feet.

NASA recently posted a new batch of images taken by the station, and we chose the most picturesque of them. Scientists have yet to study them in detail, and who knows what incredible discoveries await us.

(39 photos in total)

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them
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NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Possible landing site of the European Space Agency's Exomars mission.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

A dune field near one of the poles, codenamed "Kolhar", which is so named after one of the fictional worlds of the science fiction writer Frank Herbert.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

The crater is the Cerberus Depression with layers of sedimentary deposits.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

The ice-crusted surface sparkles and shimmers.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

The Labyrinth of the Night is the largest labyrinth on Mars. The photo shows its eastern part.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Dunes in a Martian crater. The red stripe is an artifact that arose during the processing of photos at NASA.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

A possible landing site for the Mars 2020 mission, which NASA wants to launch in the coming years.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

The Tharsis Highlands, the most volcanic part of Mars.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

The surface near the equator of Mars.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Rocky craters on the Martian plains.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

The Ceraunius furrows are a place dominated by volcanic flows and large faults.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

The western land of Arabia and its layered surface.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

A region with a beautiful texture in the north of Sinus Meridiani.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Unusual Martian landscapes (the green stripe is also an artifact from image processing).

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

A crater from a recent collision (no, no one put out a giant cigarette here).

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Arcadia Plain, a large plain region of Mars.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

The occurrence of swirls around the dunes may help scientists better understand climate change on Mars.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Utopia Plain.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Fascinating color transition.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Seasonal dunes on Mars.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Scientists believe that this area called Nepenthes Mensae could be a river plain because of its texture.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Here the cliffs slowly crumbled and dissolved into the landscape.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Alluvial swirls, according to scientists, are a sign that there was once water on Mars.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

A small but fresh crater on the surface of Mars.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Scientists use the HiRISE camera to track changes in gutters on the surface. This can help them understand where these furrows came from.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Open rock in Capri Canyon.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

These "spiders" are dusty explosions that occur due to the heating and cooling of the planet's surface.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Eos Canyon is part of the Mariner Valley, a giant canyon system on Mars.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Another fault that is monitored with the help of HiRISE.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

A pedestal crater formed due to the fact that erosion of different rocks occurred at different speeds.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

That's how Mars thaws.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Scientists measure the diffuse reflection coefficient — the amount of light that is reflected from the surface of Mars.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

The bottom of the reservoir.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Possible landing site of the Mars 2020 mission.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Such formations on the surface may indicate that there were once glaciers here.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

The frequent faults on the Utopia plateau seem to have been made by someone.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Scientists believe that these are pieces of rock that were brought here by the explosion.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

Yardangs, sharp incisions on the surface caused by exposure to strong winds.

NASA has published exciting new images of Mars, and here are the best of them

The area near the North Pole.

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