NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Releasing Spectacular 5.6-Gigapixel Map of the Red Planet - SciTechDaily

The rainbow-colored map, to be released in batches over six months, covers the vast majority of the planet Mars, revealing dozens of minerals found on its surface. Scientists are about to get a new look at the Red Planet, thanks to a multicolored 5.6-gigapixe…

ByJet Propulsion LaboratoryJuly 4, 2022 Seen are six views of the Nili Fossae region of Mars captured by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, or CRISM, one of the instruments ab… [+4474 chars]

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