NASA's Spectacular New Pictures Of Mars

Images From Mars Rover Curiosity. NASA releases stunning new color images of Mars. The hills, rock faces, crevices and plateaus of the Red Planet can been seen in stunning detail in new color images released by NASA. Taken by a camera on Nasa's Curiosity rover, in the Murray Butttes region of Mars, the images show a landscape that is similar to parts of the American desert - dry and red. The striking rock formations are the remnants of ancient sandstone that were formed when winds deposited sand on the lower regions of the mountain, according to NASA's website. Curiosity Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada said the team was "thrilled" with the Mars expedition. "Studying these buttes up close has given us a better understanding of ancient sand dunes that formed and were buried, chemically changed by groundwater, exhumed and eroded to form the landscape that we see today." Earth Compared to Mars - - Average Distance from Sun 93 million miles - -142 million miles Average Speed in Orbiting Sun 18.5 miles per second - - 14.5 miles per second Diameter 7,926 miles - - 4,220 miles Tilt of Axis 23.5 degrees - - 25 degrees Length of Year 365.25 Days - - 687 Earth Days Length of Day 23 hours 56 minutes - - 24 hours 37 minutes Gravity 2.66 times that of Mars - - 0.375 that of Earth Temperature Average 57 degrees F - - Average -81 degrees F Number of Moons 1 - - 2 Atmosphere - nitrogen, oxygen, argon, others mostly carbon dioxide, some water vapor Song: SOS by Dhruva Aliman https://dhruvaaliman.bandcamp.com/alb... http://www.dhruvaaliman.com/