NASA Just Released Over 1,000 New Images Of Mars And They’re Out Of This World

We've always been led to believe that Mars is red. That's why it's nicknamed The Red Planet. But as you can see from these stunning new images recently released by NASA, the surface of Mars is actually a lot more colorful than we think.

The images were taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), which has been rotating the not-so-red planet since it was launched into space in 2005. Thousands of images have been beamed back to earth since then, but few are as impressive as this latest batch of pictures. Several factors (such as the sun's position to Mars, Mars' position to earth, and the Mars equinox) conspired to make photography conditions just right for the MRO, and the Orbiter was able to snap a total of 1,035 images with an incredible level of clarity. From gullies to dunes, valleys to slopes, the pictures reveal a very different Mars to the one of our imagination. Here's a list of some of our favorites. You can find the full collection here. (h/t: mymodernmet)

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NASA Just Released Over 1,000 New Images Of Mars And They’re Out Of This World

Dunes Dubbed Kolhar

Steep Slopes Of Hebes Chasma

Cryptic Terrain

Irregular Basin Floor Materials

Edge Of Mesa Near Idaeus Fossae

Russell Crater Dunes

Slope Monitoring In Aram Chaos

Candidate Recent Impact Site

Monitor Gullies In Heaviside Crater

Cratered Layered Terrain And Wall Slopes In Melas Chasma

Valley With Flows In Noachis Terra

Well-preserved 2-kilometer Crater On Steep Slope In Tithonium Chasma

Spider Terrain

Syria Planum Bedform And Albedo Changes

Deposits In Noctis Labyrinthus

Polar Erg

Sinus Meridiani Dune Monitoring

Steep Slope In Eastern Noctis Labyrinthus

Bedrock Bright In Night Infrared

Variety Of Spider Features

Dune Forms In Viking

Dune Field With Bright Fans

Slope Monitoring

Rock With Terrace And Shadow

Crater In Hesperia Planum

Steep Slopes Of Hebes Chasma

Cryptic Terrain

Proctor Crater Dune Gullies

Landforms Of Arsia Sulci

Gully Monitoring

Sinus Meridiani Dune Monitoring

Impact Crater Exposing Bedrock

Yardangs South Of Olympus Mons

Possible Phyllosilicates In Area Of Fretted Terrain

Dunes Dubbed Tleilax

Steep Slopes

Crater With Central Mound

Variety Of Spider Features

Cryptic Terrain

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