Beautiful images are only available on Mars

Mars is a dead, lifeless planet. However, images recently released by NASA's Mars orbit (MRO) show that the planet has an impressive terrain that is not inferior to Earth.

These are the best images taken by the high-resolution scientific imaging device (HiRise) integrated on the Mars Orbital Exploration (MRO), showing a different Mars with many types of terrain. Beautiful and vibrant colors.

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A colorful rock background in Mars surrounds a small sand dune in the middle.(Photo: NASA / JPL).

This year is the 11th year the MRO ship orbits Mars. So far, it has completed more than 45,000 orbit rounds and captured more than 216,000 photos. The images below do not have the typical orange red color of Mars, because it has been processed in color so that scientists can identify dusty areas.

The Gale impact crater - which is chosen by cargo agencies as the ideal landing point for its Mars missions, and Elon Musk also plans to select the site as a landing site for SpaceX's Mars trips. .

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Strange structures at the Gale impact crater, where the Curiosity autonomous robot is operating.(Photo: NASA / JPL).

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A collision crater was caused by a meteorite crashing into Mars between July 2010 and May 2012.(Photo: NASA / JPL).

Complex types of terrain on Mars still have not been properly explained, but many researchers speculate that it could be a sign of the existence of an ocean in the past.

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Large trenches cut the surface of Mars, possibly a trace of an ancient ocean.(Photo: NASA / JPL).

Many areas create very impressive images when viewed from above, confusing for scientists. But when observing and exploring by self-propelled ships or close-up images, they are really just normal terrain forms.

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The sand dunes are interspersed with each other on the surface of Mars.When viewed from above, they become very strange and difficult to understand.(Photo: NASA / JPL).

Like Earth and the Moon, Mars is a place full of craters left behind by collisions with meteorites. This is a rather special crater, the meteorite split into two before crashing into Mars, creating two circular holes next to each other.

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The double impact crater is created by a split meteorite before falling to the surface.Strong winds erode and make half of the craters become very smooth.(Photo: NASA / JPL).

The sand dunes stretch up to 30 km at Russell's impact crater at the southern hemisphere of Mars. Now that it is winter, carbon dioxide is frozen and creates a translucent layer on the sand dunes, which will melt in summer.

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The frozen CO 2 creates a translucent layer on the sand hills of the Russell impact crater in the winter.(Photo: NASA / JPL).

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Another image at Russell's impact crater shows that half is sand dunes, while the other half is covered by frost.(Photo: NASA / JPL).

One of the typical geological forms of Mars is Valles Marineris , a large canyon system that makes the Grand Canyon in the United States small.

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Gentle sand dunes in Mars's giant Valles Marineris gorge.(Photo: NASA / JPL).

NASA's Mars Orbit (MRO) probe is still very active and becomes a communication channel between ground probes and scientists on Earth. Thus, in the future we will also admire many more marvels of this neighbor's planet.