Stunning New Views of Mars Captured by NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft
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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft captured stunning ultraviolet images of Mars, revealing the changing seasons on the planet as it orbits around the Sun. The images show Mars' southern and northern hemispheres in beautiful new shades, with atmospheric ozone appearing purple, clouds and hazes appearing white or blue, and the surface appearing tan or green. MAVEN's mission is to study the planet's upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and its interactions with the Sun in an effort to understand how Mars lost its atmosphere millions of years ago.
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