NASA posts stunning image of mars crater, Internet says ‘It looks like water’

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, April 14

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released an image of a Mars crater.

“The Martian crater marks the spot,” the space agency wrote in the caption of the Instagram image.

NASA captured the image using the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

In its post, NASA wrote: “You’re looking at 0° longitude on Mars—the Greenwich Observatory equivalent on the Red Planet. The Greenwich Observatory marks Earth’s Prime Meridian, which is is a north-south line that defines where east meets west, and is used as the zero-reference line for astronomical observations.

The larger crater that sits within this crater, called the Airy Crater, originally defined zero longitude for Mars, but as higher resolution photos became available, a smaller feature was needed. This crater, called Airy-0 (zero) was selected because it did not need to adjust existing maps.

This image was captured by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The map is projected here at a scale of 50 centimeters (19.7 inches) per pixel.”

The photo has left netizens in complete admiration.

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