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http://www.newsweek.com/stunning-blue-dune-discovered-field-dunes-mars-992986
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has discovered a stunning blue dune, illustrating that Mars is more than just a red planet.
There are sand dunes across the surface of Mars, especially in crater floors. In the bottom of Lyot Crater, there is a “ field of dunes.” According to a NASA press release, one dune is made of finer material and/or has a different composition from the surrounding, greyish dunes.
In a field of dunes, one shows stunning azure in enhanced color.NASA/JPL/UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
NASA launched the MRO into space in 2005 to study the history of water on Mars. It takes pictures regularly and sends stunningly colorful images of the surface of Mars to earth. The machine uses a powerful telecommunications system, or “ interplanetary internet ” as NASA calls it to send the high-resolution images to NASA. NASA is required to make the images public and posts them on Flickr.
http://www.newsweek.com/stunning-blue-dune-discovered-field-dunes-mars-992986
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has discovered a stunning blue dune, illustrating that Mars is more than just a red planet.
There are sand dunes across the surface of Mars, especially in crater floors. In the bottom of Lyot Crater, there is a “ field of dunes.” According to a NASA press release, one dune is made of finer material and/or has a different composition from the surrounding, greyish dunes.
In a field of dunes, one shows stunning azure in enhanced color.NASA/JPL/UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
NASA launched the MRO into space in 2005 to study the history of water on Mars. It takes pictures regularly and sends stunningly colorful images of the surface of Mars to earth. The machine uses a powerful telecommunications system, or “ interplanetary internet ” as NASA calls it to send the high-resolution images to NASA. NASA is required to make the images public and posts them on Flickr.
