Close up of Mars in the middle of an ice age

Mars is currently in the middle of an ice age and the Arctic of this planet is also covered with ice like our Arctic.

NASA has just released images that have been captured by their Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter more than a decade before approaching Mars' Arctic region, showing the stunning landscape of the planet's most ice-cold region. red after an avalanche.

The new image shows an icy area of ​​Mars, different from the familiar red sandy desert areas - (photo: NASA).

The image took a lot of time to get back to the earth as well as be analyzed, re-displayed by the tool Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE so that we can see the landscape as well as under sunlight.

The previous black and white image shows a smoother Arctic surface. In the new image, the avalanche revealed very special layers of sediment and ice. According to studies, Mars is currently in the middle of an ice age.

The previous black and white image shows a flatter surface - (photo: NASA).

Combined with the evidence that Mars Curiosity rover collected through geological survey in 2013, scientists believe that the Arctic snow ice here is exactly a water source. Even smooth materials in areas that seem to be arid contain 2% of the total weight. Water on Mars is judged to be drinkable.

Studies show that water on Mars has been more liquid than the Arctic Ocean. However, over the past 3.7 billion years, Mars has lost 87% of its water. That's why in the middle of the ice age, we can only see a relatively small amount of frost in the polar.

Unfortunately, the geological survey on this planet by Mars Curiosity rover is now out of touch with the earth when the dust storm that engulfed the planet in May prevented sunlight - which this robot uses to power quantity. Before the disappearance, this exploration robot could find evidence that Mars could have existed 3 billion years ago.