NASA: Mystery of subsurface lakes under Mars south pole deepens msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
11 April 2021, 2:36 pm EDT By
NASA on Apr. 8 released a breathtaking photo of a sea of dunes taken from Mars North Pole.
The photo s release, which was aptly titled Blue Dunes on the Red Planet, is part of a special set of images marking the 20th anniversary of the Mars Odyssey orbiter.
NASA s Blue Dunes on the Red Planet
According to Insider s Apr. 11 report, the photo NASA released shows the dune s wind-sculpted lines surrounding Mars frosty northern polar cap.
The colors were due to the fact that the photo is a false-color image, which means that the cooler temperatures are recorded in bluer tints while warmer temperatures are depicted in yellows and oranges tints, giving the image its golden color glow.
URL copied Image Source : NASA
Pictures taken between 2002 and 2004 by Odyssey’s THEMIS imager up this wind-sculpted sea of dark dunes that covers an area as big as Texas at Mars’ northern polar cap. In this enhanced-color image, cooler areas have in bluer tints, while warmer features are depicted in yellows and oranges.
Do you know that a NASA spacecraft launched 20 years ago is still working at the Red Planet?
For two decades, the longest-lived spacecraft at the Red Planet, 2001 Mars Odyssey, has helped locate water ice, assess landing sites, and study the planet s mysterious moons, NASA said.
Launched 20 years ago on April 7, the orbiter, which takes its name from Arthur C. Clarke s classic sci-fi novel 2001: A Space Odyssey , was sent to map the composition of the Martian surface, providing a window to the past so scientists could piece together how the planet evolved.
NASA s Odyssey Orbiter Marks 20 Years Of Mapping Mars forbes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forbes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.