'White Christmas' on the surface of the red planet

With its snow-covered craters, Mars gives explorers a sense of winter on Earth, like Christmas exists on the surface of the "Earth's neighbor".

Interesting images captured by ESA's high-definition Mars probe and sent to Earth at Christmas make many people think of the Christmas season on the earth's neighbors. The area selected for photography is the Charitum Montes, where high volcanoes exist on the surface of Mars.

ESA High Definition Mars satellite captures the area covered with snow and ice on the Red Planet.

Unlike ice on Earth, ice on Mars is a solid carbon dioxide existence, also known as dry ice. The Charitum Montes is located near Gale Crater, where the Mars Curiosity supercar from NASA is searching for traces of life.

Charitum Montes is a large area, including rugged mountains stretching nearly 1,000 km. It can be observed from below the ground through a telescope with a large magnification. Charitum Montes was named by astronomer Eugène Michel Antoniadi (1870–1944), after he discovered it in 1929.

The new and clearest picture captures the entire area, showing that it is covered with frost, because carbon dioxide crystals form.'Although it is difficult for Old Snow to return the reindeer car to share gifts, this finding shows the interest of the Red Planet for scientists working day and night researching the earth' , the Agency said. European space said in a statement.