"20 Years of Mars Exploration: Stunning Photos and Livestreams Revealed"
TL;DR
The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has released a stunning new image of Mars to commemorate its 20th anniversary. The image was created using data collected by the spacecraft's High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) from altitudes between 2,500 miles to 31,000 miles over the Martian surface, providing a full global view that reveals unprecedented details of the planet. The image shows Mars in a multitude of colors, providing a far richer color view of the planet than ever before, with each hue offering planetary scientists information about the surface composition of the planet.
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