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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System. The reddish appearance of Mars’ surface is caused by iron oxide.
While the Mars is about half as big as the Earth, there are still many similarities: Mars has a rocky surface and polar ice caps, the days on Mars are only 40 minutes longer, the axial tilt gives it similar seasons to ours (although each lasts about twice as long)
Mars has a dramatic landscape, with towering volcanoes and a great canyon system. Of all the planets in the Solar System, it has the highest mountain, Olympus Mons, and the largest canyon, Valles Marineris.
There is strong evidence that the Martian atmosphere was once far denser than it is now, and that water once ran freely on its surface. There is also mounting evidence that much of this water remains locked away underground.
Mars has two small natural satellites, Phobos and Deimos, that orbit very close to the planet. These moons may be captured asteroids. It has been predicted that in about 50 million years, Phobos will either crash into Mars’ surface or break up into a ring structure around the planet.
Mars is the focus of intense study, with two rovers (exploration rover Opportunity and science laboratory Curiosity) operating on the surface, while three international missions orbit the planet: NASA’s Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and ESA’s Mars Express.
Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye, as can its reddish coloring. Its apparent magnitude is surpassed by the Sun, the Moon, Venus and Jupiter – but it can briefly match Jupiter’s brightness at certain points in its orbit.
The outer crust is rich in silicon, oxygen, iron, magnesium, aluminum, calcium, and potassium, all of which could be used in the development of future human outposts on Mars.
Silicate mantle was once very active, giving rise to many of the planet’s distinctive surface features, but which now appears to be dormant.
Like Earth, Mars has undergone differentiation, resulting in a dense core primarily comprising iron and nickel, but with around 17% sulfur, which renders the core partially liquid.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Here,,, ! ,,,,from land o' lakes,wi,………to see another world on youtube,,,….tnx,,,,,pat& family
Very exciting,,,,to know,,,that us humans alive today,..while viewing this planet,,…are all naming the geological sites on mars,…..all kinds,from all walks,..get to put their names on another planet,,maping out its surface,…the joy❤
The pinkish haze in the sky always reminds me of industrial pollution and adds to the feeling of desolation. I wonder if they make the pictures brighter for clarity or if that is what we would see with the naked eye. Very bright considering it is 55 million kms further away from the sun than we are at 149 million Kms. I guess less atmosphere makes all the difference to this. Great vid as always, thanks Ariken.
Amazing….Thank You!
I can’t watch this. It’s too depressing.
Always helpful to remind folks of the sheer massive SCALE of these rocky features. Remember that Curiosity and Perseverance is as big as an SUV (Or my 2005 Ford Econoline E-250 Cargo Van) with it's boom stereoscopic (twin) camera reaching up over 10 ft in the air. Some of those hills at distance from the camera are over 50 feet from over a half mile away. It's difficult for many to visualize without a frame of reference here on Earth, especially these are not from Earth. The rules to lighting, however, remain the same no matter where you go in the observable universe. Plenty wondrous sights to see, just look at how deep the valleys plunge into the sandy dunes, all smooth and long undisturbed, not even an obscure, obtuse angle incising the surface tension, not even a rolling pebble has come across it in as long. No bugs, nothing to crawl across, unlike the rover's tracks, the sand is serene and placid against the vast dead sky (barely ever any visible clouds). Irradiated, dry, scarred ancient badlands, water long gone evaporated (we can see where it once flowed, but of course, no river runs this way anymore ) as far as the eye can see.
Winter, fall, spring, dust, did i miss any other season? I like things put in their place but here there's beauty in chaos. If you whacked a big rock with a wooden club would there be an echo inside?
With all that drilling going on I'm not enthused about my visit to the dentist tomorrow. I'll see if they have Mars music to get me in the mood.
It's fake. These are pics of earth people!
So where are the Martians? We have plenty of rocks here.
so cool to see images of another planet.
Oh look! It's more rocks! And look………there's another rock.
Great pictures of rocks!
Hey looks alot like Devon Island in n. Canada complete with plastic debris and animal bones. LOL.
Amazing views of the Nevada Desert. Good movie set.
3D software these days are getting so good at procedural object creation.
I like the way some ppl WANT to believe NASA so bad. It's the same joy that children have when their parents tell them Santa has given them presents.
Зачем просто так ездить по планете,пора уже строить