Question: what does mars look like

Danica Pinto answered on 13 Mar 2020: last edited 13 Mar 2020 11:42 am

Hi item393ham ,

Mars is called a Red planet because of its red surface. The red colour is due to the iron rust just like a rusty nail or metal chain. I had a look into few pictures of what Mars looks like and this link has very good telescope photographs and an interactive picture where you can zoom in on the surface of Mars (1st pic in the link). Check this link from NASA: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/en/
Here’s another link to the images from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/images/index.html these are amazing!