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space agency  Mars Landscape  2y ago   Spacecraft have studied
the Martian surface for decades, giving Earthlings insights into
the history, climate and geology of our nearest neighbor, Mars.
These images are from 'Mars Landscape,' a virtual exhibit THAT
commemorates the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Curiosity rover at Gale Crater on August 5, 2012 and features
actual images sent back by surface rovers and spacecraft from
NASA and the European Space Agency. The brilliant, but false,
colors in many of these images represent temperature differences
reflecting or radiating from surface material. Selected for
their aesthetic rather than scientific value, these isolated
observations are just preliminary studies for the landscapes
that the Curiosity rover promises and they tease us to further
explore the beauty that exists elsewhere in our solar system.
(NASA/MSFC/JPL)