/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/lanacionar/47DL7SHGXZFXDDH2ZVQGERUY4U.jpg "NASA has released stunning photos of the blue sand dunes of Mars")
As time passed, new photos of the discovery were published on other planets. In this sense, At NASA We have shared a large amount of material recently which has allowed us to understand more about the functions of other planets in the solar system.
This time, it’s Mars’ turn. Between 2002 and 2004 Records of the planet’s natural activity have been made By Mars Odyssey orbiter and Some great photos From the so -called “blue dunes” of sand in place. As experts report, They are found on the planet’s north polar cap. Places where the temperature is around -150 ° C.
Report issued by NASA This shows that this dune covers an area equivalent to the state of Texas (USA), where the surface reaches 695 thousand Square meter. The image, which was released last Thursday, April 8, represents space 30 km.
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However, a detail that must be considered is that the image is known to the public The color is wrong. This means the color you see Represents temperature. Blue and blue represent cooler areas and orange is the warmest, telling you which one Warm dunes Which one is not.
For images of blue dunes, file NASA He explained in a statement that it was “part of a special photo collection marking Odyssey’s twentieth birthday,” given that it was the spacecraft that took the longest time to collect data from Mars.
Currently, Odyssey continues to operate in the region and it has been 20 years since entering orbit and visually recording the behavior and phenomena that occur on the Red Planet.
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